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Compay Segundo

Latin
World music
Latin jazz
He's best known for finding international success late in life after collaborating with Ry Cooder on the Buena Vista Social Club album, but Compay Segundo had been recognised in Cuba much earlier as one of the country's best-loved singers and composers. Moving to Santiago de Cuba at the age of nine, he began playing clarinet in the municipal band there and later graduated to playing guitar and tres (a type of South American guitar), effectively making his name playing tres and singing in the duo Los Compadres with Lorenzo Hierrezuelo in the 1950s. They became hugely popular in Cu...
Songs
Guantanamera
GuantanameraCompay Segundo and Compay Segundo y su Grupo

Colección

5:12

Veinte Años (Veinte Anos)
Veinte Años (Veinte Anos)Omara Portuondo and Compay Segundo

Omara Portuondo E Adalberto Alvarez

3:30

Lágrimas Negras (Lagrimas Negras)
Lágrimas Negras (Lagrimas Negras)Compay Segundo

Calle Salud

3:30

Orgullecida
OrgullecidaBuena Vista Social Club and Compay Segundo

Compay Compay (Live)

3:23

¿Y Tú Qué Has Hecho? (Y Tu Que Has Hecho?)
¿Y Tú Qué Has Hecho? (Y Tu Que Has Hecho?)Buena Vista Social Club and Compay Segundo

Buena Vista Social Club

3:13

Amor de Loca Juventud
Amor de Loca JuventudBuena Vista Social Club and Compay Segundo

Buena Vista Social Club

3:21

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