Artist
Compay Segundo
Compay Segundo is a jazz artist from Siboney, Cuba formed in 1942. 42 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · Siboney, Cuba · Best jazz albums
- 42
- Releases
- 1996–2020
- Active years
- 1942
- Formed
Artist
Compay Segundo is a jazz artist from Siboney, Cuba formed in 1942. 42 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · Siboney, Cuba · Best jazz albums
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Las flores de la vida
2000
Lo mejor de la vida
1998
Chan Chan
2004
Yo vengo aquí
1996
Grandes mitos del siglo XX: Compay Segundo
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Los Compadres
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Voy Pa' Mayari
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Memories From Havana
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Colección De Oro: El Inolvidable, Vol. 3
2020
El Inolvidable
2020
The Real Cuban Music (Remasterizado)
2018
Nueva antología. 20 aniversario
2018
Live Olympia París 1998
2016
Compay Segundo y los Compadres
2016
Mi Son Oriental (Remastered)
2015
Grandes Éxitos de Compay Segundo (Remastered)
2015
Leyendas
2015
Guantanamera - The Essential Album
2013
Compay Segundo - The 20 Greatest Hits
2012
Compay Segundo - The Greatest Hits
2012
Coleccion
2012
Compay Segundo. Vol. 1
2011
Compay Segundo. Vol. 2
2011
Havana Favorites
2010
Colección De Oro: El Inolvidable, Vol. 1
2009
Colección De Oro: El Inolvidable, Vol. 2
2009
Merengues Y Calypsos
2007
Compay Segundo Y Dueto Los Compadres
2007
100th Birthday Celebration (Edicion especial)
2007
Compay Compay
2004
Vol. 2: Havana
2004
Gracias Compay (The Definitive Collection)
2003
Duets
2002
La Colección Cubana
2001
Son Del Monte
2001
Cuarteto patria
2000
Huellas del pasado
1999
Calle Salud
1999
Chanchaneando
1998
Musique traditionnelle cubaine
1997
Cien Años De Son
1996
Antologia
1996
Compay Segundo (Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz, Siboney, Cuba 18 November 1907 – Havana, 13 July 2003) was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer. Compay Segundo, so called because he was always second voice in his musical partnerships, moved to Santiago de Cuba at age 9. His first engagement was in the Municipal Band of Santiago de Cuba, directed by his teacher, Enrique Bueno. After a spell in a quintet he moved to Havana in 1934, where he also played in the Municipal Band, on the clarinet. He also learned to play the guitar and the tres: these became his usual instruments. Compay Segundo was also the inventor of the armónico, a seven-stringed guitar-like instrument, created to eliminate a harmonic jump in the Spanish guitar and the tres. In the 1950s he became well known as the second voice and tres player in Los Compadres, a duo he formed with Lorenzo Hierrezuelo in 1947. Los Compadres were one of the most successful Cuban duos of their time. Greater international fame came later, in 1997, with the release of the Buena Vista Social Club album, a hugely successful recording which won several Grammy awards. Compay Segundo appeared in the film of the same title, made subsequ…