La Margarita [LP]

Jaime Roos - La Margarita [LP]

Jaime Roos and Mauricio Rosencof are two of Uruguay's most beloved and influential artists. Roos, a groundbreaking musician, redefined Uruguayan music in the 1980s with his signature fusion of deep-rooted local rhythms and cosmopolitan flair. Rosencof, a celebrated writer and playwright who emerged in the early 1960s, was also a prominent figure in the historic Tupamaros guerrilla movement. Their paths converged in 1987, when Roos composed the score for Rosencof's play El Regreso del Gran Tuleque. During this collaboration, Roos discovered a series of sonnets Rosencof had written while imprisoned under Uruguay's brutal dictatorship. Held in solitary confinement for over eleven years, Rosencof composed these poems as a lifeline -- scribbled on cigarette papers and hidden in the hems of clothes his family collected for laundering. Against all odds, both the author and his poems survived. The sonnets tell a delicate, moving love story set in 1950s Montevideo. Roos, inspired and captivated, rose to the challenge of transforming them into music. The result was La Margarita -- a groundbreaking project in which Roos masterfully fused Uruguay's rich musical traditions -- candombe, murga, tango, and milonga -- with elements of folk and rock, creating a deeply evocative set of songs as only he could deliver. Beyond its beautiful music, La Margarita stands as a testament to resilience, creativity, and the enduring power of love and art. LP includes booklet. A1. El Regreso A2. El Encuentro A3. Turbación A4. La Mirada A5. Sandía A6. Indiferencia A7. Conversación B1. El Beso B2. Fama B3. LLuvia B4. Nocturno B5. Golondrinas B6. Maga B7. Otoño B8. En la Esquina