ALFREDO "CHOCOLATE" ARMENTEROS
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Alfredo Armenteros first began playing in a band led by the sonero/composer René Álvarez called Conjunto Los Astros and soon after with Arsenio Rodríguez. The nickname "Chocolate" was bestowed on him owing to a case of mistaken identity, when someone took him for Kid Chocolate, the champion boxer. He has played with some of the greatest names in Afro-Cuban music, both Cuban and non-Cuban, including José Fajardo, César Concepción, Charlie Palmieri, Machito and a host of others.
The trumpet of the master, Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, has shared the stage with hundreds, if not thousands, of excellent musicians. His musical portfolio is vast and is a definitive catalog of Afro-Antillean music. He has played with Arsenio Rodríguez, his cousin Beny Moré, Tito Puente, Wynton Marsalis, Eddie Palmieri, Marcelino Guerra, Charlie Palmieri, John Santos, Israel "Cachao" López, Noro Morales, Johnny Pacheco, and hundreds more. Additionally, Chocolate was a member of the iconic Cuban/Afro-Cuban
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Afro-Cuban Jazz
1982
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