Jazz Articles about Chico O'Farrill

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Adios, Chico

by Jack Bowers
June 29, 2001

This article first appeared on All About Jazz in June 2001. Big--band Jazz lost another of its brightest lights on June 27 when bandleader Chico O'Farrill, an early champion and tireless promoter of Afro--Cuban Jazz, died in Manhattan at age 79. O'Farrill's popularity had crested during the past half--dozen years following the release of three highly acclaimed albums on the Fantasy label--Pure Emotion (1995), Heart of a Legend (1999) and Carambola (2000)--the first two ...