Hour 20
By Sunday afternoon, the previous night’s revelers may be taking it easy, but many jazz musicians are bringing jams into their own homes.
In Park Slope, Brooklyn, latin jazz great Arturo O'Farrill is leading a jam session with his two sons and their schoolmate.
O’Farrill’s children originally did not want to be musicians, but can now improvise and hold their own.
“I think I chose the drums because I figured it would be the most annoying, but I ended up really enjoying playing drums,” says Zak O’Farrill, Arturo’s son.
Another son, Adam O’Farrill, plays the trumpet.
“I just think it's the coolest instrument. It's better than every other instrument,” says Adam O’Farrill. “It just has a big sound. It's nice and shiny.”
Arturo O’Farrill encourages a little family harmony.
“I feel like jazz should be about family, and families should gather around the drum set and put a couple of logs on it. No offense Zak, please, I didn’t mean anything by that,” says Arturo O’Farrill.
The renowned leader of two orchestras contributes his own opinion on the best jazz instrument.
“Because they all think their instrument is the best, when we all know the piano is the Rolls Royce. That's the problem,” says Arturo O’Farrill. “The one who plays the bass, she thinks the bass is the bomb. The one playing the trumpet, ‘Oh, it's all shiny.’ The drummer's like, ‘yeah.’ No man, the piano gave birth to all of us. That’s the thing they don’t understand.”
By Sunday afternoon, the previous night’s revelers may be taking it easy, but many jazz musicians are bringing jams into their own homes.
In Park Slope, Brooklyn, latin jazz great Arturo O'Farrill is leading a jam session with his two sons and their schoolmate.
O’Farrill’s children originally did not want to be musicians, but can now improvise and hold their own.
“I think I chose the drums because I figured it would be the most annoying, but I ended up really enjoying playing drums,” says Zak O’Farrill, Arturo’s son.
Another son, Adam O’Farrill, plays the trumpet.
“I just think it's the coolest instrument. It's better than every other instrument,” says Adam O’Farrill. “It just has a big sound. It's nice and shiny.”
Arturo O’Farrill encourages a little family harmony.
“I feel like jazz should be about family, and families should gather around the drum set and put a couple of logs on it. No offense Zak, please, I didn’t mean anything by that,” says Arturo O’Farrill.
The renowned leader of two orchestras contributes his own opinion on the best jazz instrument.
“Because they all think their instrument is the best, when we all know the piano is the Rolls Royce. That's the problem,” says Arturo O’Farrill. “The one who plays the bass, she thinks the bass is the bomb. The one playing the trumpet, ‘Oh, it's all shiny.’ The drummer's like, ‘yeah.’ No man, the piano gave birth to all of us. That’s the thing they don’t understand.”
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