Trompeta
Chappottín, Chocolate, and Afro-Cuban Trumpet Style
Rick Davies

List Price: $68.20 ISBN: 0-8108-4679-9 ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-4679-1 Pub Date: 2003 304 pages Binding: Cloth Availability: In Stock   List Price: $43.95 ISBN: 0-8108-4680-2 ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-4680-7 Pub Date: 2003 304 pages Binding: Paper Availability: In Stock   European customers click here

SUBJECTS
Music » Ethnomusicology
Music » Instrumental
Area Studies » Hispanic Studies
Area Studies » Caribbean Studies
History » World History (General)

REVIEWS
"Spanish-Caribbean musical studies are improved by this groundbreaking reading on Cuban trumpet playing Trompeta is the unrivaled source of information on Cuban trumpet playing and required reading for anyone dealing with Hispanic popular and jazz music." — JAZZ TIMES

DESCRIPTION
Afro-Cuban music evolved into one of the great musical traditions of the twentieth century. Trompeta: Chappottín, 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: Félix Chappottín and Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros. One or the other was present at almost every significant turning point in the stylistic development of Cuban music. An overview of the entire Afro-Cuban genre and its development is provided, as well as an in-depth examination of both Chappottín's and Armenteros' performance styles.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rick Davies is a professional musician and a music professor at Plattsburgh State University of New York where he directs the jazz program.

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