Armando Orefiche

Armando Oréfiche (Havana, Cuba 5 June 1911 – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, December 2000) was a Cuban composer and pianist in the mid-20th century. Oréfiche was one of many artists who played with the Lecuona Cuban Boys between 1935 and 1938. Oréfiche led the Armando Oréfiche and his Havana Cuban Boys band, a ballroom rumba band, until the 1980s when they dissolved. Oréfiche subsequently took a position as pianist at the five-star Hotel Reina Isabel of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Birth and Death Data: Born June 5, 1911 (La Víbora), Died November 24, 2000 (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1932 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter, arranger, leader, piano, lyricist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 44 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BAVE-039768	10-in.	12/15/1940	Rumba en colores	Agustín Brugueras ; Lecuona Cuban Boys ; Osvaldo Novarro	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet	composer
Victor	BS-051566	10-in.	6/26/1940	Guaira	Miguelito Valdés ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-055599	10-in.	9/6/1940	En la plantacion	Miguelita Valdés ; Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal ensemble	composer
Victor	CU-298	10-in.	before 4/22/1940	Bajo la luna	Lecuona Cuban Boys ; Dolores Lombardo ; Oscar Lombardo	Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet	composer
Victor	CU-299	10-in.	before 4/22/1940	Salvaje	Agustín Brugueras ; Lecuona Cuban Boys ; Oscar Lombardo	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet	composer
Victor	CU-300	10-in.	before 4/22/1940	La comparsa	Lecuona Cuban Boys ; Armando Orefiche	Jazz/dance band, with piano	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	CU-341[a]	10-in.	before 4/23/1940	Habana de mi amor	Lecuona Cuban Boys ; Pedro Vargas	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	CU-343	10-in.	before 4/23/1940	Colibrí	Lecuona Cuban Boys	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	arranger
Victor	CU-344	10-in.	before 4/23/1940	Cocktail de congas	Lecuona Cuban Boys	Jazz/dance band	arranger
Gramophone	0J775	10-in.	10/31/1932	Rapsodia tropical	Lecuona Cuban Boys	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, piano
Gramophone	0J776	10-in.	10/31/1932	Karabalí	Lecuona Cuban Boys	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, piano
Gramophone	0J784	10-in.	11/1/1932	El frutero	Lecuona Cuban Boys	Instrumental ensemble, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, piano
Gramophone	0J785	10-in.	11/1/1932	El pregón del dulcero	Lecuona Cuban Boys	Instrumental ensemble, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, piano
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5491	10-in.	10/25/1935	Tambah	Antonio Bruguera ; Lecuona Cuban Boys	Jazz/dance band	arranger
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5492	10-in.	10/25/1935	Amapola	Lecuona Cuban Boys	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo	arranger
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5493	10-in.	10/25/1935	Rumbas cubanas	Lecuona Cuban Boys	Jazz/dance band	arranger
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5494	10-in.	10/25/1935	Tabou	Antonio Bruguera ; Lecuona Cuban Boys ; Alberto Rabagliati	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet	arranger
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5495	10-in.	10/25/1935	Puchunguita	Lecuona Cuban Boys ; Alberto Rabagliati	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5607	10-in.	2/14/1936	Folie-nègre	Lecuona Cuban Boys	Jazz/dance band	arranger
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5609	10-in.	2/14/1936	La guajira	Antonio Bruguera ; Lecuona Cuban Boys ; Alberto Rabagliati	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5685	10-in.	4/9/1936	Maria la o	Élyane Célis ; Lecuona Cuban Boys	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	arranger
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5686	10-in.	4/9/1936	Tendre bolero	Élyane Célis ; Lecuona Cuban Boys ; Ernesto Vásquez	Instrumental ensemble, with female vocal solo	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5687	10-in.	4/9/1936	Pour toi Madona	Lecuona Cuban Boys ; Alberto Rabagliati	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo	arranger
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5688	10-in.	4/9/1936	Rumba musulmana	Lecuona Cuban Boys	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	arranger
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5690	10-in.	4/9/1936	La Havane a Paris	Lecuona Cuban Boys	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	songwriter

(Results 1-25 of 44 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Orefiche, Armando," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112697.

Orefiche, Armando. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112697.

"Orefiche, Armando." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.

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