Compay Segundo
Cuba
Born: 06 May 2011
Died: 13 July 2003
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Latin, Jazz, International
Styles: World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz, Latin America, Latin America, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bop, Cuban Jazz, Afro-Cuban, Son
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Legendary Cuban guitarist Compay Segundo was born in 1907; collaborating with the likes of Sindo Garay, Miguel Matamoros and Benny Moré, he emerged as one of the most respected musicians of the pre-revolution era, and in the late 1920s invented the armónico, a guitar customized with a double third string to fuse the tonal qualities of the traditional Cuban tres guitar and its Spanish counterpart. Following Fidel Castro's rise to power, Segundo worked as a cigar roller before returning to music during the late 1980s; in his early nineties he a...
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