Marcelino "Rapindey" Guerra - Cuba - N.Y.C. - SpainLázaro Herrera

Marcelino Guerra a.k.a "Rapindey"

b; 1914 Cienfuegos, Cuba
d; 1996 Alicante, Spain

Septeto Nacional 1937 Cuba
L-R
Marcelino Guerra - maracas
Francisco Gonzalez Solarez - tres
Futimio Constantin Guillarte - guitarra
Ramon Castro - bongoesLázaro Herrera Diaz - trompeta
Bienvenido Granda - cantante
Oscar Vilarta - bass

Marcelino Guerra with 'Conjunto Siboney'.

1940 La Habana, Cuba.


Marcelino Guerra with 'Arsenio's' conjunto
1940-'41 Cuba
(Marcelino third star down on right)

Marcelino singing with Arsenio Rodriguez


New York City 1945

Leopoldo “Chicharito" González, Doroteo Santiago, Servando Díaz, Marcelino Guerra, Otilio Portal, Pedro “Piquito” Marcano, Claudio Ferrer, Montesinos, “Toñito” Ferrer, Andrés Andino. Bottom: Federico Pagani, Jorge López, Frank “Machito” Grillo, "Valentino".

Marcelino Guerra
New York City 1948-'49
Marcelino Guerra y Su Orq.
At the Palladium, N.Y.C. late '40's
(Willie Bobo tumbadora)

Marcelino Guerra QuintetN.Y.C early '50's
('Willie Bobo': timbales, "Charlie The Tailor": bass)

Marcelino Guerra QuintetN.Y.C. mid '50's

The recordings by El Maestro 'Marcelino Guerra' on LP and CD are many and all great.

This was his last recording done in 1996, he died in Spain a few month's later.
A beautiful recording, he sings his own compositions and plays guitar, acompanied by his friends.

"Rapindey" - 1996
R.I.P.
Ibayé bayé tonu

Recordando a 'Marcelino Guerra' (Rapindey)
Autor: 'Senén Suárez Hernández'