Compay Segundo

JazzCuban son and trovapre-revolutionary Cuban musicacoustic guitar tradition

Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles (November 18, 1907 – July 13, 2003), known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer. Compay (meaning compadre) Segundo, so called because he was always second voice in his musical partnerships, was born in Siboney, Cuba, and moved to Santiago de Cuba at the age of nine. His first engagement was in the Municipal Band of Santiago de Cuba, directed by his teacher, Enrique Bueno.

Influenced by: Esteban Grenet, Sindo Garay, Beny Moré

Active:
1920s–2003
Scene:
Santiago de Cuba / Cuba
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