Trompeta: Chappott'n, Chocolate, and Afro-Cuban Trumpet Style

by Rick Davies

Afro-Cuban music evolved into one of the great musical traditions of the twentieth century. Trompeta: Chappott'n, Chocolate, and the Afro-Cuban Trumpet Style provides a comprehensive history of mainstream Cuban music, examining the music of all its eras from the perspective of two seminal trumpet players: FZlix Chappott'n and Alfredo 'Chocolate' Armenteros. One or the other was present at almost every significant turning point in the stylistic development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810846802
• ISBN13: 9780810846807
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"