Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros Papers
name: label: Musician
content: Armenteros, Alfredo "Chocolate", 1928-2016
label: Donor
content: Armenteros, Jr., Alfred
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated to the Museum by Alfred Armenteros, Jr. in 2017.
creator: label: Musician
content: Armenteros, Alfredo "Chocolate", 1928-2016
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content: Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros Papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents the life and career of Cuban trumpet player Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros. Included in the collection are correspondence, photographs, music manuscripts, clippings, awards and programs.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros was a trumpeter, composer, arranger, and producer known for his Afro-Cuban musical style. He was born on April 4, 1928, in Ranchuelo, in the Villa Clara province of central Cuba. In 1949, Armenteros moved to Havana to begin his musical career, which spanned almost seven decades. Armenteros worked with many New York-based Latin artists and bands including Mongo Santamaria, Graciela, Osvaldo "Chi Hua Hua" Martínez, Lou Pérez, Roberto Torres, Ismael Rivera, and Israel "Cachao" López.  He died on January 6, 2016 in a nursing home in Mohegan Lake, New York at the age of eighty-seven.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Cubic feet (3 boxes, 2 map folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1920-2016, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1430
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1, Personal Papers, circa 1920-2016, undated

Series 2, Performance Materials, 1975-2016, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard- Simmons, archivist, 2017.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection documents the life and musical career of Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros. The materials consist primarily of black-and-white and color photographs of Armenteros, his family and friends.  There is correspondence  including both incoming and outgoing letters, postcards, and greeting cards.  Throughout his career Armenteros was recognized by the Latin American community and this is best reflected the awards and citations he received.  Music manuscripts, performance agreements, and promotional materials for concerts can also be found among these materials. The collection is arranged into two series.  Series one is Armenteros's personal papers.  Series two contain performance materials. relating to Armenteros's performances.
relatedmaterial: label: Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Collections


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Division of Music, National Museum of American History 

Accession Number: 2017.0214

Includes six passes, one parade ribbon, three awards, two framed records, and one trumpet made by Holton and engraved "A.A. Chocolate."