Cornelis sjunger Victor Jara
Cornelis sjunger Victor Jara: rätten till ett eget liv is an album released by Swedish-Dutch folk singer-songwriter Cornelis Vreeswijk in 1978.
History
Vreeswijk worked and travelled to Latin America in the late 1960s and early 1970s and developed a great appreciation for its rich musical heritage. He translated ten songs of Chilean troubadour Victor Jara and recorded both a Swedish and a Dutch album with translated songs.Track listing
- "Plogen" The plough 3:35
- "Jag minns dig Amanda" I remember you Amanda - 2:25
- "A Cuba" To Cuba - 4:20
- "Manifest" - 4:00
- "Rätten till ett eget liv" The right to live in peace - 4:05
- "La Diuca" - 2:58
- "Varken det ena eller andra" Nor fish, nor fowl - 3:23
- "Angelita Hueneman" - 4:08
- "Fimpen" The cigarette butt - 2:16
- "Folkets vind" Winds of the people - 2:35
- "La Partida - Instrumental" The departure - 3:15
Personnel
- Cornelis Vreeswijk - vocal
- Björn J:son Lindh - flute, piano, electric piano, keyboards
- Janne Schaffer - guitar
Other musicians
- Lasse Englund - guitar
- Mats Glenngård - violin, viola
- Sture Nordin - bass
- Stefan Brolund - bass
- Okay Temiz - percussion
- Hassan Bah - congas