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'''Luis Roberto Parra Sandoval''' (June 29, 1921 – April 21, 1995), also known
== Biography ==
=== Early times ===
Luis Roberto Parra Sandoval<ref name="Sandoval de la Reina" /> born on June 29, 1921<ref>{{cite web |title=Folclor Urbano: declaran cada 29 de junio como el día de Roberto Parra - Senado - República de Chile |url=https://www.senado.cl/noticias/dia-de/folclor-urbano-declaran-cada-29-de-junio-como-el-dia-de-roberto-parra |website=Senado |access-date=23 September 2021 |language=es-CL}}</ref> in [[Santiago de Chile]], is the fifth child<ref name="Memoria Chilena">{{cite web |title=Roberto Parra (1921-1995) - Memoria Chilena |url=http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-794.html |website=Memoria Chilena: Portal |access-date=23 September 2021 |language=es}}</ref> of Rosa Clarisa Sandoval Navarrete and Nicanor Parra Alarcón.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rosa Clarisa Sandoval Navarrete - Genealogía Chilena en Red |url=http://www.genealogiachilenaenred.cl/gcr/IndividualPage.aspx?ID=I138698 |website=www.genealogiachilenaenred.cl |access-date=23 September 2021}}</ref> He spent much of his childhood in the southern cities of [[Chillán]] and [[Lautaro, Chile | Lautaro]] and contributed to the family budget by working as a newspaper seller, tomb cleaner, shoe shiner and confetti seller in circuses.<ref name="Memoria Chilena" /> In addition, he with his siblings [[Violeta Parra | Violeta]], [[Eduardo Parra | Eduardo]] and Hilda, they dedicated themselves to singing and carrying out various activities in squares, markets, circuses and various venues to help their family, touring cities such as [[Chillán]] and [[Parral, Chile|Parral]].<ref name="Sandoval de la Reina">{{cite web |title=Tío Roberto (Luis Roberto Parra Sandoval) |url=http://www.sandovaldelareina.com/castellano/apellido/sandoval/siglo-xx-sandovales/tio-roberto.html |website=www.sandovaldelareina.com |access-date=23 September 2021}}</ref> After the death of his father Nicanor Parra in 1929, his family went to the capital of [[Santiago de Chile | Santiago]] to seek better economic opportunities.<ref name="Memoria Chilena" />
In improvised presentations in all kinds of nightclubs, he conceived a style that would become known under the name of "jazz guachaca", a style that takes inspiration from people such as the American pianist [[Charlie Kunz]], the trombonist and arranger [[ Tommy Dorsey]] and the gypsy-Belgian guitarist [[Django Reinhardt]]. And that he also took various elements from the [[cueca]], [[tango]], [[bolero]], corrido, [[Foxtrot]] and [[jazz]].<ref name="Memoria Chilena" />
'''La Negra Ester'''
In September 1957, he arrived for the first time in the Chilean port of ''San Antonio'', where he was hired to sing with the orchestra of the cabaret ''Luces del Puerto''. In the boite ''Río de Janeiro'', he met ''La Negra Ester'', a prostitute and performer of the boite.
== Discography ==
* 1965: 20 cuecas con salsa verde (credited to the "Trio Los Parra")
* 1966: [[Carpa de La Reina]] (with various artists)
* 1967: Las cuecas de Roberto Parra (re-released as [[CD]] in 1995)
* 1972: Las cuecas del Tío Roberto (with [[Ángel Parra (singer-songwriter)|Ángel Parra]])
* 1990: El jazz guachaca (with several artists)
* 1990: Los tiempos de La Negra Ester
* 1998: [[Peineta (album)|Peineta]] (with Los Tres and Lalo Parra)
== Filmography ==
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| 1991
| Esto es jazz huachaca<ref>{{cite web |title=Esto es jazz huachaca |url=https://cinechile.cl/pelicula/esto-es-jazz-huachaca/ |website=Cinechile |access-date=23 September 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
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| Guieseppe Brucculeri
| Composer
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| 1996
| Prontuario de Roberto Parra<ref>{{cite web |title=Prontuario de Roberto Parra |url=https://cinechile.cl/pelicula/prontuario-de-roberto-parra/ |website=Cinechile |access-date=23 September 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
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| Hermann Mondaca<br>Ximena Arrieta
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| 1999
| El desquite<ref>{{cite web |title=El desquite |url=https://cinechile.cl/pelicula/el-desquite/ |website=Cinechile |access-date=23 September 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
| {{n/a}}
| Andrés Wood
| Film based on the play by Roberto Parra
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== Works ==
*''Poesía popular, cuecas choras y la Negra Ester'' (1996)
*''El Golpe'' (1998)
*''Cuecas'' (2008)
*''Soy zurdo de nacimiento: las cuecas de Roberto Parra'' (2011)
*''Roberto Parra. La vida que yo he pasado'' (2012)
*''Vida, pasión y muerte de Violeta Parra'' (2013)
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== External links ==
* [http://www.mav.cl/negra_ester/index.htm Las décimas de la Negra Ester] {{
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