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David Bixler and Arturo O'Farrill: The Auction Project
by Dan Bilawsky
Cuba and Ireland are worlds apart in virtually every way, but the universal language of music--is often culture-blind. The Auction Project was born out of a marriage between two longtime musical partners--saxophonist David Bixler and pianist Arturo O'Farrill--and a marriage between, well...two married people. Bixler and O'Farrill, longtime band mates and label mates on Zoho Music, ...
Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra - Puerto Rico, More Than Salsa. November 6th, 2010 @ Symphony Space.
Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra explore new and existing trends in Puerto Rican music. Special attention is paid to folkloric and traditional forms, especially Bomba and Plena. The traditional instruments of Bomba and Plena are employed and special guest percussionists are invited. Repertoire will highlight the works of William Cepeda with arrangements by ...
Afro Latin Jazz Alliance Partners with Famed Greenwich Village Jazz Club Fat Cat to Launch New York City All-Star Youth Big Band
NEW YORK—The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA) announced today its invitation to New York City's finest young musicians to sit under the directorship of Arturo O'Farrill, leader of the GRAMMY Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), and be a part of an elite all-city youth big band hosted by the famed Greenwich Village jazz club Fat ...
David Bixler and Arturo O'Farrill: The Auction Project
by Bruce Lindsay
Altoist and composer David Bixler leads The Auction Project, with Grammy-winning pianist Arturo O'Farrill, who has described this album as being “very much about colliding cultures." This may slightly overstate things but the album does represent what is, for jazz, a rather unusual meeting of cultures. Half of The Auction Project is devoted ...
David Bixler and Arturo O'Farrill: The Auction Project
by C. Michael Bailey
Stylistically, The Auction Project is slightly out-of-focus. It is ostensibly the meeting of Arturo O'Farrill's Irish-Latin roots at the corner of David Bixler and Heather Martin Bixler. However, there is much to endorse the music made here, not the least of which is the presence of the two Chico O'Farrill big band alumni. Bixler's “Heptagonesque" is ...
15th Anniversary of the Litchfield Jazz Festival
by Marcia Hillman
Litchfield Jazz FestivalKent, ConnecticutAugust 6-8, 2010 The green hills of Kent, Connecticut resounded once more with the sound of jazz as the 15th Anniversary of the Litchfield Jazz Festival settled in from Friday, August 6th through Sunday, August 8th. This year the main stage was again indoors in the newly air-conditioned hockey ...
Newport Jazz Festival As Strong As Ever
by R.J. DeLuke
CareFusion Newport Jazz FestivalFort Adams State ParkNewport, RIAugust 6-8, 2010 It may seem like a small thing, but it's nice that the jazz festival in Rhode Island last weekend, August 6-8, was called the CareFusion NewportJazz Festival. No matter how you slice that, it's the Newport Jazz Festival, in the ...
Upcoming Arturo O'Farrill Events
JULY7/13-16Arturo O'Farrill SextetBirdland, NYC8:30 and 11 PM 7/23 Arturo O'Farrill Family BandFalcon Arts CenterMarlborough, NY8PMAUGUST8/4Arturo O'Farrill SoloPuppets Jazz BarBrooklyn, NY8/7Litchfield Jazz Festival Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra8/8 Newport Jazz FestivalAfro Latin ...
Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra - Musica Nueva 3: Latin Jazz Across the Americas -June 4th and 5th, 2010
Musica Nueva 3: Latin Jazz Across the Americas “Musica Nueva 3: Latin Jazz Across the Americas" showcases new works from composers throughout the Americas, including world premieres, part of the ongoing commitment of Symphony Space and the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance to new music through the Sonidos de Colores initiative. This concert has traditionally been an ...
Pianist/Composer Arturo O'Farrill Honored
Honoring Those Who Make a Positive Difference in Our World The 2010 Anthony D. Duke Founder's Medal will be presented at the Boys & Girls Harbor 18th Salute to Achievement at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel on June 14, 2010 to Marcia L. Goldstein, Esq. & GRAMMY award winner Arturo O'Farrill. Harbor Founder Anthony Duke with Harbor ...
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