Gracias Compay: The Definitive Collection
Compay Segundo
Omara Portuondo, Khaled, Silvio Rodriguez, Pio Leyva
WEA Latina, 2003
2 CD
Catalogue #: 60884
EAN: 0825646088423
UPC: 825646088423
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Personnel includes: Compay Segundo [Francisco Repilado] (vocals, guitar, armonico); Benito Suarez (vocals, guitar); Julio Fernandez, Hugo Garzon (vocals, maracas); Khaled (vocals, synthesizer, percussion); Omara Portuondo, Silvio Rodriguez, Pio Leyva, Basilio Repilado, Martirio, Santiago Auseron (vocals); Raimundo Amador (flamenco guitar); Salvador Repilado (contrabass).
Tracklist
Compay Segundo
Long before his star turn on 1997's BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB album and documentary, guitarist and songwriter Compay Segundo (born Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz) started out, in the '30s, playing classical clarinet. He later joined the popular El Conjunto Matamoros, where he developed into a world-class guitarist in the son genre--one of the traditional Afro-Cuban styles that eventually mutated into salsa. By the early '40s, he had formed a duo called Los Compadres where he was able to showcase his songwriting gifts, melodious voice, and guitar chops, and for which he invented a seven-stringed instrument called the armonico. In the mid '50s, when the duo parted ways, he formed his own band, which played together until his death at 96 in 2003.
