Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros

Biography

Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros (4 April 1928 – 6 January 2016) was a Cuban trumpeter. He played with artists such as Arsenio Rodríguez, Generoso Jiménez, Chico O'Farrill, Orchestra Harlow, Eddie Palmieri, Cachao and Sonora Matancera. Due to his characteristic approach to Afro-Cuban trumpet playing as well as his extensive recording career, several monographs have been written on his music.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Nu Yorica! (Culture Clash In New York City: Experiments In Latin Music 1970-77)

  1996

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  Machito And His Salsa Big Band 1982

  1982

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  Samba Con Salsa

  1987

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  Dos

  1977

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  Vamonos Pa'l Monte

  1971

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  Superimposition

  1970

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  Master Sessions Volume I

  1994

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  Lucumi, Macumba, Voodoo

  1978

Credited work

616 releases · 128 albums · active 1956–2026

• Performance · 802
• Other credits · 61
• Production · 4
• Engineering · 4

Studios: Latin Sound Studios · A&R Studios · Sound Ideas Studios · Plaza Sound Studios

Frequent collaborators

• Various
• Roberto Torres
• Eddie Palmieri
• Tico All-Stars
• SAR All Stars
• Chocolate
• Cachao
• Grupo Folklorico Y Experimental Nuevayorquino

Around the web

• Wikipedia