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Arturo O'Farrill

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2015 Grammy Nominee & 2014 Latin Grammy Award Winner Arturo O'Farrill, an Winner of the Latin Jazz USA Outstanding Achievement Award for 2003, was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. In 2002, Mr. O'Farrill and Wynton Marsalis created the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra for Jazz at Lincoln Center due in part to a large and very demanding body of substantial music in the genre of Latin and Afro Cuban Jazz that deserves to be much more widely appreciated and experienced by the general jazz audience. His debut album with the Orchestra "Una Noche Inolvidable" earned a GRAMMY award nomination in 2006

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Mundoagua: Celebrating Carla Bley

Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Mundoagua: I. Glacial, II. Mundoagua, III. The Politics of Water; Blue Palestine: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four. ; Día de los muertos: I. Flowery Death, II. La Bruja, III. Mambo Cadaverous.

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Article: Album Review

Adam O'Farrill: For These Streets

Read "For These Streets" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Trumpeter and composer Adam O'Farrill distills a heady mix of inspirations into For These Streets, the debut release from his new octet. Drawing on music, literature and the ambiance of the 1930s, the album reflects his immersion in the era--Henry Miller's prose, Charlie Chaplin's City Lights, and the sonic worlds of Stravinsky, Ravel, Carlos Chávez and ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Celebrate Mothers Day with new releases by Ellie Martin, Lucia, Jamie Shew and the Premazzi/Nasser Quartet, plus birthday shoutouts to Mary Lou Williams, Carla Bley, Tania Maria & More

Read "Celebrate Mothers Day with new releases by Ellie Martin, Lucia, Jamie Shew and the Premazzi/Nasser Quartet, plus birthday shoutouts to Mary Lou Williams, Carla Bley, Tania Maria & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast celebrates Mothers Day with new releases from Ellie Martin, Lucia, Jamie Shew and the Premazzi/Nasser Quartet, with birthday shoutouts to Mary Lou Williams, Carla Bley, Tania Maria, Gunhild Carling, Jill McCarron, Andrea Superstein, honorable men John Proulx and Lincoln Briney, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear -see them live, ...

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Article: Live Review

"Escalator Over The Hill" by The New School Studio Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble

Read ""Escalator Over The Hill" by The New School Studio Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble" reviewed by Paul Reynolds


The New School Studio Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble The Tishman Auditorium at The New School “Escalator Over The Hill" New York, NY May 2, 2025 Ask greying jazz-rock fans about long-lost projects they never saw live and Escalator Over The Hill by Carla Bley is likely to come up. Released ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Arturo O'Farrill: It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Sting!

Read "Arturo O'Farrill: It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Sting!" reviewed by Leo Sidran


Arturo O'Farrill was, by his own admission, a “long-haired, stoned-out freaky kid" of 19, playing piano in a small bar in upstate New York when he caught the ear of pianist and composer Carla Bley. She took a chance on him and invited him to join her band--a pivotal moment for the young musician who, at ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Celebrating Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae Plus New Releases By Mafalda Minnozzi, Steve Knight, the Esthesis Quartet, Deb Bowman & More

Read "Celebrating Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae Plus New Releases By Mafalda Minnozzi, Steve Knight, the Esthesis Quartet, Deb Bowman & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast highlights Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from Mafalda Minnozzi, Deb Bowman, Steve Knight and the Esthesis Quartet, with birthday shoutouts to Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Rosa Passos, Marilyn Maye and Herbie Hancock, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear -see them live, buy their music so they can continue ...

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Article: Album Review

Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra: Mundoagua: Celebrating Carla Bley

Read "Mundoagua: Celebrating Carla Bley" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Scoperto da Carla Bley nel 1979, quand'era ancora studente diciannovenne, e rimasto nei suoi gruppi per tre anni, Arturo O'Farrill ne celebra la memoria con quest'album ambizioso, che raccoglie due sue suites ed una ("Blue Palestine") che lui stesso commissionò alla grande autrice e bandleader nel 2019, quattro anni prima della sua morte. “Mundoagua" ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kinan Azmeh, Yazz Ahmed, Arturo O'Farrill, Mortelle Randonnée & More

Read "Kinan Azmeh, Yazz Ahmed, Arturo O'Farrill, Mortelle Randonnée & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Enjoy a playlist featuring heartfelt and original tributes to Carla Bley, and projects enriched by Arabic, West-African and Indian traditions.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Mortelle Randonnée “Musique Mecanique I" La reine uphone (Mr. Morezon) 0:16 Host talks 5:28 Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro ...

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Blue Palestine Part Two

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Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2025
Duration: 5:34


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