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Arturo O'Farrill: 40 Acres And A Burro
by Dan Bilawsky
Bandleader Chico O'Farrill created a template of sorts, fusing big band bravura with Latin sounds in his Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra. While his son followed in his footsteps, Arturo O'Farrill has demonstrated a broader vision, looking past the island of his origins and developing a pan-Latin approach to jazz repertoire for his appropriately named Afro Latin ...
Arturo O' Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra Release New CD Titled "40 Acres and Burro" on Zoho Records.
Release Date: February 8, 2011 Yes—we, the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, are still here, 3+ years after leaving the womb of institutional life at a great cultural organization in Manhattan. Some said we'd never make it, but here we are,doing pretty well, too! We have our own non-profit organization and a New York concert season, perform ...
The Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance Presents Grammy Award Winners Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra in Concert Feb. 26th @ Symphony Space NYC.
“CubaNola: More Than the Spanish Tinge" concert to feature New Orleans' renowned saxophonist Donald Harrison Fresh from an historic journey to Cuba for the Havana Plaza Jazz Festival, Arturo O'Farrill returns to the Symphony Space stage on February 26th at 8PM with his GRAMMY Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO) for a powerful evening highlighting the ...
The O'Farrill Brothers: Giant Peach
by Dan Bilawsky
A glance at the five fresh-faced band members on the back of this album cover belies the fact that this is one killer assemblage of musical talent. The O'Farrill Brothers--the grandchildren of famed Cuban bandleader Chico O'Farrill and offspring of great Cuban pianist Arturo O'Farrill--aren't old enough to buy beer, but they're clearly old enough to ...
2010: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The jazz scene in 2010 was marked by a bit of cultural thaw between the U.S. and Cuba, royal honors for Marian McPartland that led honors galore for living jazz musicians, and significant acknowledgments for late jazz greats across North America. Efforts continued to expand jazz into new realms--or to hold on during the aftershocks of ...
Soul And The Abstract Proof: Searching For Soul And Its Meaning In Jazz
by Dan Bilawsky
What, exactly, is “soul?" This word is used so often in discussions and writings about music, but I wonder if anybody can actually define its very essence and place in the musical universe? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary lists no less than eight different definitions for soul and, while some of them have a decent grasp on what ...
Take Five With Boris Kozlov
by AAJ Staff
Meet Boris Kozlov: Currently serving as a bassist, arranger and Musical Director for the Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty and The Orchestra, as well as leading his own projects, he has also been a first-call bassist for such important jazz acts as Michael Brecker, John Blake, Ray Barretto's New World Spirit, Lew Tabackin, David Kikoski, Alex ...
Luis Bonilla: Twilight
by Dan Bilawsky
I Talking Now! (Planet Arts, 2009) presented a brazen bonanza of trombone playing from Luis Bonilla. That high energy outing--filled with intense, outspoken instrumental wonders--contained great music that was, to some extent, one-sided in the way that it portrayed Bonilla and his quintet. Twilight, on the other hand, is a well-balanced feast for ...
Take Five With David Bixler
by AAJ Staff
Meet David Bixler: Alto saxophonist, composer, and educator David Bixler has been steadily garnering attention for his unique playing and writing. Since moving to New York City from his native Wisconsin, David has performed and toured with the orchestras of Lionel Hampton, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Duke Ellington. In 2000 he joined ...
Arturo O'Farrill to Bring His Father's Orchestra to Cuba in December for Historic Trip.
NEW YORK—The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance announced today that GRAMMY winner Arturo O'Farrill plans to travel with the orchestra of his late father, legendary Cuban composer and arranger Chico O'Farrill, to Cuba for an historic cultural and educational exchange in mid- December. The Chico O'Farrill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra will headline the 26th edition of the ...
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