Chocolate Caliente

May 8th, 2009 Posted in Breaks, Latin Funk

Alfredo “Chocolate” Armenteros, a legendary Afro-Cuban jazz trumpeter and pioneer of the mambo who did his thing with the likes of Arsenio Rodriguez and others, recorded a mid-seventies salsa album with one major exception.  The title track off the album, “Hot Chocolate,” is a widely slept on latin funk monster with hard breaks and blistering horns and strings.

I ride.

Chocolate Caliente: “Hot Chocolate”
From the Bien Sabroso LP (Mericana, 1975)

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6 Responses to “Chocolate Caliente”

  1. Simon666 says:
    May 8, 2009 at 9:02 pm

    Jesus F Christ, horns and strings to die for! Big thanks :)

  2. admin says:
    May 10, 2009 at 5:26 pm

    Fritz,

    Sorry, but I deleted your comment on accident!

  3. cool cee says:
    May 12, 2009 at 6:50 pm

    hot fire! damn, thanks so much…look forward to every post!

  4. kris Verschaeve says:
    May 13, 2009 at 2:48 am

    That’s the one I was looking for! Thanks my man… The breaks, the banter and the horns make it totally irresistable

  5. Hillary says:
    June 1, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    I want to purchase this song, and not on iTunes (of course) – does anyone know where I can purchase it?

  6. djkit says:
    August 3, 2009 at 11:26 am

    amazing song!!!
    keep it up the latin funk!!!

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