Conjunto Chappottin is a Cuban Son band from Havana under the direction of the trumpet player, arranger und musical director Jesus Angel Chappotin Coto and the percussionis und singer Miguel Cuni, Jr. The group is one of the traditional Son bands in Cuba with more than 50 years of experience.

Conjunto Chappottin y sus estrellas is one of the most renowned Son bands in Cuba and has performed in the major Cuban music halls and in many American, European and African countries. The band dedicates to the traditional son with a variety of different stylistic elements such as son-montuno, guajira, guaracha, mambo, danzon, danzonette, charanga, afro-son, bembe, rumba (made up of yambu, Columbia & guaguanco), and cha cha cha. With the additional horn group Arsenio Rodríguez changed the traditional setting of a son band. Arsenio Rodríguez was one of the most influential Cuban musicians of the last century and had major influences of the development of Salsa and Latin jazz. Under the direction of Felix Chappottin, the successor of Arsenio Rodríguez and musical director of the band for more than 3 decades, who was often compared with Louis Armstrong, the band gained international reputation.

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