Trumpet Wind – Music
The trumpet is the leading brass voice of son. In the late 1920s son sextets became septets by adding a cornet or trumpet; Arsenio Rodríguez's conjunto (1940) had two.
According to Wikipedia, son sextets were expanded with a cornet or trumpet in the late 1920s, and so the septets were born.
According to Wikipedia, by the 1930s many bands had a trumpet.
The conjunto
In 1940 Arsenio Rodríguez founded one of the first conjuntos: three singers, two trumpets, tres, piano, bass, tumbadora and bongo. Later conjuntos added more trumpets. In sonoras such as the Sonora Matancera the trumpet section sounds smoother.
- According to Wikipedia, Pérez Prado's mambos stood out for their fiery brass riffs and strong saxophone counterpoints.
- In timba, according to Wikipedia, the horn parts are usually fast, at times bebop-influenced, and stretch to the extreme ranges of all instruments. NG La Banda's horn section, which came from Irakere, became known as los metales del terror.
Well-known Cuban trumpeters
- Félix Chapottín (1907–1983) — trumpeter of the Septeto Habanero and Arsenio Rodríguez's conjunto, later leader of his own Conjunto Chapottín
- Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros (1928–2016) — trumpeter from Santa Clara with a characteristic Afro-Cuban style
- Alexander Abreu — founded the timba band Havana D'Primera in 2007
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