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 La Víbora (ward in La Habana, Cuba), Died November 24, 2000 (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (municipality, city of the province of Las Palmas, and cocapital of the Canary Islands, Spain) )

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 49 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BAVE-039761	10-in.	before 4/8/1941	A mi primer amor	Lecuona Cuban Boys ; Osvaldo Novarro	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BAVE-039763	10-in.	1/21/1941	Señorita Chi Chi	Bola de Nieve ; Lecuona Cuban Boys ; Osvaldo Novarro	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
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	BAVE-039782	10-in.	before 5/14/1941	Amor internacional	Bola de Nieve	Male vocal solo, with piano	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-267[a]	10-in.	before 4/1/1940	Maryval	Lecuona Cuban Boys ; Oscar Lombardo	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	CU-268[a]	10-in.	before 4/1/1940	Carlota	Agustín Brugueras ; Lecuona Cuban Boys ; Dolores Lombardo	Instrumental ensemble, with female-male vocal duet	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[a]	10-in.	before 4/23/1940	Colibrí	Lecuona Cuban Boys ; Oscar Lombardo	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

(Results 1-25 of 49 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Orefiche, Armando," accessed January 3, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112697.

Orefiche, Armando. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 3, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/112697.

"Orefiche, Armando." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 3 January 2026.

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