Chocolate Armenteros

b. 4 Apr 1928, Ranchuelo, Santa Clara, Todas las Villas Province, Cuba, d. 6 January 2016, Mohegan Lake, NY, USA. Virtuoso trumpeter Armenteros – he also performed flügelhorn, composed, organized and created – worked within the gamut of horn-led Latin ensembles and idioms: which range from normal Cuban septetos and conjuntos (he was among the accurate masters from the special septeto design), rollicking big rings, a intensifying salsa orquesta to a little Latin jazz group format. He actually recreated the trumpet sound of the fantastic age group of calypso. Armenteros started playing trumpet at age 10 or 11. He shifted to Havana and produced his documenting debut as an associate of vocalist/composer René Alvarez’s Conjunto Los Astros for the 78 “Em virtude de Niñas Y Señoras” in-may 1949. Recordings by Alvarez’s two-trumpet conjunto (little music group) through the past due 40s and early 50s, a few of which presented Armenteros, were later on gathered on Dejame Tranquilo (1974) and “Mano A Mano” René Alvarez Y Su Conjunto Vs. Conjunto Modelo 1948-56 (1976). Armenteros caused the conjunto of innovative bandleader and tres acoustic guitar supremo Arsenio Rodríguez, and between 1953 and 1956, he directed the brass portion of Beny Moré’s big music group. He performed on Nat “Ruler” Cole’s Cole Español and became an employee person in the studio room orchestra from the Cuban radio and tv train station CMQ. Armenteros produced his 1st appearance in NY in the past due 50s with José Fajardo. He relocated there in 1960 and after dealing with the Puerto Rican bandleader César Concepción, Armenteros started his lengthy association in-may with Machito’s big music group. He continued to utilize more information on New York-based Latin performers and rings, including Mongo Santamaría, Johnny Pacheco, Tico All-Stars, Larry Harlow, Osvaldo “Chi Hua Hua” Martínez, Lou Pérez, Charlie Palmieri, Roberto Torres, Ismael Rivera, Joe Quijano, Bobby Coveró, Israel “Cachao” López, Chamaco Memoryírez, Grupo Folklorico Y Experimental Nuevayorquino and Armando Sánchez Y Su Septeto Kid De La Loma. The final two provided him a chance to workout his septeto trumpet abilities. Between 1968 and 1978, Armenteros performed on nearly fifty percent of the albums (brand-new titles, that’s) released by salsa experimentalist Eddie Palmieri. In the first 70s, Armenteros produced his belated documenting debut as head of his very own conjunto over the lacklustre Delicious chocolate Aquí. Nevertheless, he produced amends in 1975 with Delicious chocolate Caliente, that was one of is own most powerful albums. The record was made by Louie Memoryírez and highlighted Brazilian trombonist José Rodrigues, who previously performed in Eddie Palmieri’s 60s music group, La Perfecta. Rodrigues distributed arranging tasks with Armenteros and performed on 1976’s Delicious chocolate … En Un Rincon. Conjunto Libre co-founders percussionist Manny Oquendo and bass participant Andy González, and güiro participant Osvaldo “Chi Hua Hua’ Martínez, had been among the visitor music artists on the record. In 1979, Armenteros performed trumpet within the design of 30s and 40s Trinidad calypso on Knockdown Calypsoes by veteran Growling Tiger. That season, while showing up in Caracas, Venezuela, as an associate of Sonora Matancera, he was asked to execute on Se Empató Un Sonero by Sonero Clásico Del Caribe, a music group of veteran Venezuelan music artists who customized in the original Cuban septeto design. Armenteros then agreed upon with SAR, and released three albums around the label between 1980 and 1982. Rodrigues became a member of the conjunto line-up around the 1st two: Prefiero Un Son and con sigo con mi child. The latter designated the US documenting debut from the youthful Cuban lead vocalist Fernando Lavoy. The recording was specialized in extended interpretations, organized by Cuban pianist Alfredo Valdés Jnr., of six tunes from the Cuban rings Sonora Nacional and Conjunto Bolero, whose initial recordings had been all included on the collection Sones, Rumbas Con Guaguanco issued from the Cuban condition label Areito. In 1981, Armenteros performed around the significant Con Un Ritmo Del Tambó by Chico Alvarez and Orquesta Mightómbe. The classically qualified Alfredo Rodríguez performed piano on Armenteros” last SAR release, Chocolates Dice, in 1982. Armenteros joined up with the SAR home music group, which performed and documented beneath the name from the SAR All Celebrities, touring Africa and European countries together. He also performed on SAR and allied Guajiro and Toboga label recordings by performers Roberto Torres, Monguito, Papaíto, Linda Leida, Henry Fiol, Angelo Vaillant, La India De Oriente (Luisa María Hernández), Jorge Maldonado, Chico Alvarez, Laba Sosseh, Alfredo Valdés, Lita Branda, Miguel Quintana and pianist Alfredo Valdés Jnr. In 1983 he released Chocolates En Sexteto. The staff included percussionist Mario Grillo (Machito’s child), Dominican saxophonist and flautist Mario Rivera and keyboardist/arranger Sergio George, who continued to get among New York’s leading manufacturers and arrangers. Armenteros implemented up with an increase of of the same on Rompiendo Hielo! in 1984. Also in 1983, he participated within a sextet of jazz music artists, including pianist Cedar Walton and trombonist Curtis Fuller, on Eastern Rebellion 4 (1984) documented in Holland. Armenteros also performed on many Caimán produces: Super All-Star (1984) with Tito Puente, Paquito D’Rivera among others; the normal septeto design outing Pionero Del Boy (1984) with the past due Alfredo Valdés, a previous vocalist using the Cuban musical organization Septeto Nacional; and Con Tumbao (1985) by Los Guaracheros De Oriente. Armenteros made an appearance in London with Machito’s big music group between 1982 and 1984, and documented three albums together in Holland in 1982 and 1983. He came back to London by itself in 1986 to get a five-night residency on the Bass Clef membership, supported by the London-based clothing Robin Jones’ Ruler Salsa.