Jazz Articles about Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill: Una Noche Inolvidable

by Robert R. Calder
July 8, 2005

The Lincoln Center's Latin jazz big band shows off its paces on the opening “Havana Special," the first of only two instrumentals on Una Noche Inolvidable. Of the following three categories--Latin jazz, jazz-influenced Latin music, and jazzless Latin music--the third's absent here, and the second dominates. With guest singing appearances by Herman Olivera and Claudie Acuña, the set's fairly dominated by their effective vocals. O'Farrill may have the only straight jazz solo, accompanied concerto-style by band following Olivera's ...