Jaime Roos

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Jaime Roos
Jaime Roos in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Jaime Andrés Roos Alejandro
Born	(1953-11-12) November 12, 1953 (age 67) Montevideo, Uruguay
Genres	Rock Candombe Murga Tango
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, guitarist
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass
Years active	1977–present
Labels	EMI

Jaime Roos (born November 12, 1953 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan singer, composer and record producer. In 2000, he won a Silver Condor Award for Best Score Musician in El Amateur. He has French blood from his father's side. His grandfather migrated from Germany at the end of 19th century.

The drums that go through the , what the radio broadcasts, the music from the 'tablados' in the carnaval, the Beatles and rock have been some of the influences that he had to create a music with personality and his own signature, that came along with the success that he has in his own country and is extending to an international level. These features make him one of the most popular Uruguayan singers, with great record sales and the tickets to his shows sold out.

He lived when he was a kid in a small apartment in the Convención street, meters away from Durazno, corner that he immortalized in one of his most famous songs "". His music mixed rock, candombe, , tango and murga, performing the sound of Montevideo. He is a famous supporter of Defensor Sporting, to whose first championship he dedicated one of his most famous songs, "". Among his famous songs are "", "" and "".

Early life[]

From a French father, René Roos, and Uruguayan mother Catalina Alejandro, he was born in the of Montevideo. Music was always present in the Roos family. His uncle, the musician Georges Roos, introduced him to The Beatles and jazz and his mother introduced him to Uruguayan popular music and Latin American music. The first formal instrument that Roos played was a Brazilian that he got from his father. He took some lessons in a Montevideo conservatory before he started high school.

Discography[]

• (1977)
• (1978)
• (1981)
• (1982)
• (Cassette simple – 1983)
• (1984)
• (Jaime Roos and Estela Magnone )
• (19 8 763)
• (Record in "La Barraca" – 1989)
• (1991)
• (Compilation 1991)
• (1992)
• (Text by Mauricio Rosencof – 1994)
• (1995)
• (1996)
• (EMI-Orfeo – 1997)
• (EMI-Orfeo, select of loves songs – 1998)
• (Sony Music, record in Teatro Solís – 1998)
• (EMI-Orfeo Recompilation 1/6 – 2000)
• (EMI-Orfeo Recompilation 2/6 – 2000)
• (EMI-Orfeo Recompilation 4/6 -2000)
• (EMI-Orfeo Recompilation 5/6, to the original disc of 1995, add four song, of the period 1978–1982 – 2000)
• Contraseña (2000)
• (2002)
• Serie de Oro: Grandes Exitos (2005)
• (2006)
• (2009)
• (2013, MMG)
• (2014)
• (2015, Bizarro)
• (2016, Bizarro)
• (2016, Bizarro)

References[]

External links[]

• Jamie Roos at IMDb