Chocolate armenteros

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Teodolo Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros (born April 4, 1928 in Santa Clara ; † January 6, 2016 in Mohegan Lake , New York ) was a Cuban trumpeter of Afro-Cuban music, salsa and Latin jazz . He also played flugelhorn , composed and arranged.

Life

He got his nickname Chocolate due to an occasional mix-up with the boxer Kid Chocolate . He first played in the band of René Álvarez (Conjunto Los Astros) and Arsenio Rodríguez as a teenager from the 1940s (with a first recording in Havana in 1949).

He played with almost all important Afro-Cuban musicians, such as his cousin Beny Moré (1953 to 1956 he led the brass section in his Big Band), Tito Puente , Eddie Palmieri , Mongo Santamaría , Lou Perez , Johnny Pacheco , Charlie Palmieri , Cachao , Noro Morales , Manny Oquendo , Osvaldo "Chi Hua Hua" Martínez , Johnny Pacheco, Marcelino Guerra , John Santos , Nat King Cole (1950s), Machito (from the 1960s in New York), in the band of César Concepción and under others with Wynton Marsalis . In the 1950s he led the studio orchestra of a Cuban radio and television station. He first came to New York City with José Fajardo and moved there entirely in 1957. From 1977 to 1980 he was a member of the Cuban dance band Conjunto Sonora Matancera . He was also in demand as an improviser and played Latin jazz. He performed worldwide but was based in New York City.

He played in a wide variety of formations, from Cuban septetos and conjuntos, salsa orchestras, jazz combos to big bands and reconstructed old Cuban styles.

Web links

Commons : Chocolate Armenteros  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cuban Trumpeter Alfredo 'Chocolate' Armenteros Dead at 87. Obituary in the New York Times , January 7, 2016 (accessed January 7, 2016).
  2. ↑ a b Trumpet Legend Alfredo 'Chocolate' Armenteros Dies at 87
  3. ↑ A small two-trumpet band
personal data
SURNAME Armenteros, chocolate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Armenteros, Teodolo Alfredo (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION cuban trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Clara , Cuba
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 2016
Place of death Mohegan Lake (New York) , USA