Calle Salud

by Compay Segundo

Overview

Compay Segundo is one of the legends of Cuban music. When he started playing the clarinet in the municipal band of Santiago de Cuba as a teenager, the world was just recovering from World War I. Segundo is one of the musicians who shaped the Cuban son style. More recently, he was a major contributor to 1999's surprise hit Buena Vista Social Club. Segundo is a well-respected clarinetist and guitarist, and he's probably been even more widely celebrated in Cuba for his bass vocal harmonies. Calle Salud treats listeners to a truly old-world sound. Segundo and his collaborators reprise tunes in the son, bolero-son, merengue, son-afro, and cha cha styles. Within this incredibly mellow and unfailingly romantic music, the listener will notice the dominance of the clarinet and guitars and the absence of brass, which is typical of pre-1940s son, giving the music a gentle, lyrical feel, yet maintaining a beat that's every bit as rhythmic as modern salsa or samba. For the most part, Segundo's music is for slow dancers, though a son number like "Viejos Sones de Santiago" is as rumba-friendly as timba, the currently-happening Cuban dance music. ~ Philip Van Vleck

Product Details

Release Date:	11/03/2023
Label:	Warner Music / Wea
UPC:	5054197547966
Rank:	7280

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Compay Segundo   Primary Artist
Charles Aznavour   Guest Artist
Rey Guerra   Guitar (Rhythm)
Alejandro Rodriguez   Claves,Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Vionaika Martinez   Vocals
Rosendo Nardo   Clarinet (Bass)
Hugo Garzon   Guiro,Claves,Vocals,Maracas,Vocals (Background)
Rafael Lazaro Inciarte   Clarinet,Vocals (Background)
Mayelin Perez   Guitar,Vocal Harmony
Roberto Vizcaino   Bata,Tambor,Chequere
Haskell Armenteros   Vocals (Background),Clarinet
Julio Iznaga   Pailas,Cowbell
Salvador Repilado   Harmonica,Double Bass,Vocal Harmony,Musical Director
Benito Suarez   Guitar (Rhythm),Vocals (Background)
Rafael Fournier   Bongos,Timbales
Lazaro Rivero   Double Bass,Vocals (Background)
Julio Iznaga Pina   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Rodrigo Prats   Composer
Luis F. Lazaro   Mixing,Producer,Photography,Executive Producer
Miguel Matamoros   Composer
Carlos Gardel   Composer
Francisco Repilado   Composer
Charles Aznavour   Composer
Compay Segundo   Composer
Francesca Clarke   Translation
Manuel Zambrana   Photography
Javier Salas   Photography
Jean-Paul Gonnod   Mixing Assistant
Salvador Repilado   Arranger
Lexter Fonseca Villan   Assistant Engineer
Armando Dulfo   Composer
Virgillo "El Gallego" Fernandez   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Alfredo Le Pera   Composer
Ramon Espigul   Composer
Inaki del Olmo   Mixing
Manuel Guio   Design
Stephane Prin   Mixing Assistant
Enrique Jorrin   Composer
Haskell Armenteros   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Eliseo Silveira   Composer