Juan Cambareri

Juan Cambareri was born on 15 April 1916 ^[2]. His family moved to Buenos Aires in the early 1920s and settled in the Balvanera neighbourhood, where he studied bandoneon near the Mercado Spinetto ^[1].

His early professional career was linked to Roberto Firpo. He first played in Firpo's orchestra as a teenager and in 1936 joined Firpo's Cuarteto Los de Antes ^[1]. He made his first records in 1948, "La puñalada" and "El amanecer", for the Sondor label in Montevideo, and from 1950 he recorded for Pampa, a subsidiary of Odeon, beginning with "El choclo" ^[1].

In the mid-1950s Cambareri directed a radio station's house orchestra; his biography implies that the station was Radio Belgrano but does not name it ^[1]. In later decades he toured Japan with his quartet in 1969, appeared on the television programme El tango del millón in 1971, and then toured Uruguay and Brazil for several years ^[1]. His last recording was the cassette Tangos compadres, made for Music-Hall in 1981 ^[1]. He died on 18 February 1992 ^[1].

History

### Early years

Cambareri was born on 15 April 1916 ^[2]. In the early 1920s his family moved to Buenos Aires and settled in Balvanera ^[1]. He studied bandoneon in that area, near the Mercado Spinetto ^[1].

### With Roberto Firpo

As a teenager Cambareri played in the orchestra of Roberto Firpo ^[1]. In 1936 he joined Firpo's Cuarteto Los de Antes ^[1].

### Recording career as leader

Cambareri's first records as a leader date from 1948, when he recorded "La puñalada" and "El amanecer" for Sondor in Montevideo ^[1]. In 1950 he began recording for Pampa, described as an Odeon subsidiary, opening that association with "El choclo" ^[1].

### Radio work

Around 1955 Cambareri directed the house orchestra of a radio station ^[1]. The biography that reports this implies that the station was Radio Belgrano without stating the name directly, so the identification of the station is not confirmed by the available source ^[1].

### Later career

In 1969 Cambareri toured Japan with his quartet ^[1]. In 1971 he appeared on the television programme El tango del millón, after which he toured Uruguay and Brazil over several years ^[1]. In 1981 he recorded his last cassette, Tangos compadres, for the Music-Hall label ^[1]. Cambareri died on 18 February 1992 ^[1].

Recordings

Recordings and labels documented for Cambareri include the following ^[1]:

- 1948: "La puñalada" and "El amanecer", his first records, for Sondor in Montevideo ^[1]. - 1950: "El choclo", the first of his recordings for Pampa, an Odeon subsidiary ^[1]. - 1981: Tangos compadres, his last cassette, for Music-Hall ^[1].