Claudia Acuña Sings Victor Jara

One of my favorite recent albums is Chilean jazz singer Claudia Acuña's album of jazzed up South American standards "En Este Momento." She sings a number of songs by the late lamented Victor Jara, among others, including "Cigarrito," a version of which is embedded above. She also sings "Te Recuerdo Amanda" by Jara; both songs are heartbreaking.

Here's Victor Jara's original:



Jara, of course, was the revolutionary Chilean singer brutally murdered by Pinochet, Nixon and Kissinger in 1973.