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Luis Bonilla: I Talking Now!
by J Hunter
The cover art for I Talking Now gives a visual demonstration of how trombonist Luis Bonilla's father took control of conversations at the family dinner table. When things got a little too animated for him, Bonilla's dad would bark out his signature admonishment, “You Chuttup! I talking now!" Both Doctors Phil and Spock would probably take ...
Big Awards Day in Gotham
by Dan Morgenstern
It's been a while since we last met in my Den, so I thought I'd share a very special summer doubleheader with you.June 16 was a big jazz day in New York. It began in mid-afternoon at the Jazz Standard, with the 13th Annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards. Arriving not long after starting ...
Large Ensembles: Is There a Place in This Large Music World?
by R.J. DeLuke
The big band in jazz has a long and glorious history. It was a prevalent form in jazz music in the '20s and '30s, comprising a substantial part of America's popular music heard on radio, spun on gramophones and record players, and enjoyed in dance halls. It gave rise to iconic band leaders like Fletcher Henderson, ...
The Jazz Session #67: Arturo O'Farrill
Listen Pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader Arturo O'Farrill won a Grammy for his 2008 recording “Song For Chico" (ZoHo, 2008), named for his father, composer/arranger Chico O'Farrill. In this wide-ranging interview, O'Farrill talks about the forgotten roots of jazz, the need to embrace hand-drumming, and how jazz can only move forward by learning about its past. ...
Arturo O'Farrill Quintet Live at Louis Armstrong House
Latin Jazz Pianist Arturo O' Farrill To Perform August 11 At Free Jazzmobile Concert At Louis Armstrong House Museum. Louis Armstrong was famous for playing trumpet on his balcony to the delight of his neighbors in working-class Corona, Queens. Continuing the tradition, the Louis Armstrong House Museum is pleased to present Arturo O'Farrill and his Quintet ...
Pianist/Bandleader Arturo O'Farrill Interviewed at AAJ
Arturo O'Farrill, an extraordinary pianist, admits he came out of the bebop school of playing, a Bud Powell disciple, and his strong chops would attest to that. He didn't pursue the music of his father--the great Chico O'Farrill--in his younger days, but he came upon it as he studied the music. He came to not only ...
Arturo O'Farrill: Upholding the Latin Tinge
by R.J. DeLuke
Arturo O'Farrill, an extraordinary pianist, admits he came out of the bebop school of playing, a Bud Powell disciple, and his strong chops would attest to that. He didn't pursue the music of his father—the great Chico O'Farrill—in his younger days, but he came upon it as he studied the music. He came to not only ...
Jazz Journalists Association Names Arturo O'Farrill's "Song for Chico" Latin Album of the Year
Song for Chico (Zoho Records), Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra’s 2008 release that pays tribute to the pianist’s bandleader father, the late Chico O'Farrill, has been named Latin Album of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association. The organization, an international collective of more than 400 writers, editors, photographers, broadcasters, filmmakers, educators and media ...
The O'Farrill Family Quintet at Puppets Jazz Bar, July 16-17
The O’Farrill Family Quintet will be performing at Puppet’s Jazz Bar in Brooklyn, NY on July 16th & 17th, 2009. Set time: 6:00PM to 8:30 PM. Come and join the O’Farrill family for this very special musical event where Arturo O’Farrill will be joined by both of his sons for an early evening set of some ...
Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra Perform at the Make Music NY Festival - 6/21/09
Arturo O’Farrill and the Grammy-winning Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra return to Symphony Space for the Make Music NY Festival /Symphony Space Block Party on June 21st, 2009 Showtime: 1PM to 3 PM. “The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra sounds great with precision brass and saxophone work… a warm, cohesive sound.” --The New York Times “This is the ...
