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Artist
Jorge Sobral
12+ albums
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Blessed with a stupendous bass-baritone range, Jorge Sobral was one of the best names of the generation of singers immediately after the forties. He has a good intonation, good taste and displays a vocal technique that evidences his bel canto studies with maestro Fermín Favero. He was, no doubt, an excellent artist. At a young age and under the direction of his teacher he performed with the Orquesta Infantil Favero, later with Jorge Lavaller's, and subsequently with the group "Los Ases" and at the Forti-Parodi outfit, which also included the singers Luis Tolosa and Juan Carlos Cobos. His image is associated with Argentine television. In this milieu he added an interesting work as actor besides his gifts as singer. An example of that is his appearance at the successful TV show "Yo soy porteño" which was aired for several consecutive years on the screen of Channel 13. He started in 1952 with the orchestra led by Mario Demarco, and recorded the tango "Mañana zarpa un barco" for the Pathe label, on the other side of the record was the instrumental "Bienvenida". Later he cut "Pan", by Eduardo Pereyra and Celedonio Flores, "Astilla" by Mario Demarco and Jacinto Alí, and the tango by Jaime Vila and Antonio Cantó, "Cuando yo me vaya", among others. In 1953 he switched to the orchestra led by Lorenzo Barbero, along with Roberto Florio on vocals. The following year he performed with the Mariano Mores Orchestra. In 1955 he joined the string orchestra led by Astor Piazzolla. He had
