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News: Event

Arturo O'Farrill, Rachael Price Featured at Saratoga Springs, NY, Venue's Extended Season

May 7, 2009

Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY, is featuring Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra--winners of a 2009 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album--and rising star vocalist Rachael Price among the artists of the 2009 Extended Season this month. Also performing will be the world-renowned Boys & Girls Choir of Harlem Alumni ...

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News: Award / Grant

SUNY Honors Grammy Winner Arturo O’Farrill, Latin Jazz Pioneer

March 26, 2009

Albany – The State University of New York Board of Trustees will celebrate Latin jazz pioneer, Grammy winning musician and SUNY faculty-member, Arturo O’Farrill at a reception in his honor at The Egg in Albany, NY on March 28. SUNY and Jazz/Latino Inc. will be co-hosts of the reception honoring O’Farrill after Afro- Latin Jazz Orchestra, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

This Thursday & Friday! Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

March 5, 2009

Musica Nueva II: Latin Jazz Across the Americas - Arturo O’Farrill and the GRAMMY WINNING Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra return to Symphony Space for a multicultural exploration of the future of Latin jazz, featuring guest composers and artists! Thursday March 5th, 2009 & Friday March 6th, 2009. Showtime: 8:00 PM “Mr. O’Farrill is a magnificent player sharp, ...

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Article: Big Band Report

The Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra Gets "Thrasched"

by Jack Bowers
March 3, 2009

The thirty-third annual Albuquerque Jazz Festival ended its two-day run on February 21, 2009. The event is devoted mainly to performances by high school and middle school bands, while the grand finale features the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra with invited guests, this year the saxophone quartet Thrascher (Randy Hamm, soprano; Tim Ishii, alto; Ed Petersen, tenor; Glenn ...

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Article: Interview

Steve Turre: Shell 'n' 'Bone Man

by Ian Patterson
February 23, 2009

Few can match Steve Turré's skill as a trombonist. His technical mastery, which has seen him win five Down Beat polls, goes hand-in-hand with a deep respect for the music that has gone before him, and over the course of forty years he has honed his skills with some of the best. Since his formative experience ...

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News: Award / Grant

Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra Win Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz CD with Their Zoho Release "Song for Chico"

February 11, 2009

New York, NY - Two for the Show Media/Chris DiGirolamo and Zoho Records are proud to announce that Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra have won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz CD 2008. This past Sunday, February 8th, 2009 in Los Angeles, the Latin jazz ensemble that does it all, took home the ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Perform at Spa Little Theatre

February 11, 2009

Preeminent Latin jazz pianist and bandleader Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra perform at 8 p.m. on May 30 at the Spa Little Theatre in Saratoga Springs, NY. O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra are 2009 Grammy Award winners in the category of Best Latin Jazz Album' for their work, Song for Chico. ...

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News: Award / Grant

Arturo O'Farrill Receives Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album

February 11, 2009

Arturo O'Farrill, director of the Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra, received a Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album for Song for Chico performed by Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Zoho Music (2008). Woodrow Wilson in All About Jazz describes the album as a showcase for O'Farrill's skill as a leader and musician. He was ...

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News: Award / Grant

Grammy Winner 2009: Jazz

February 9, 2009

= winner Category 45 Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Randy In Brasil Randy Brecker [MAMA Records] Floating Point John McLaughlin [Abstract Logix] Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball ...

News: Performance / Tour

Arturo O'Farrill January 2009 Dates

January 13, 2009

Arturo O’Farrill will be performing the following dates during the month of January. Jan 17th, 2009 – Arturo O’Farrill Sextet Live Broadcast on WBGO from J & R Music World - Downtown NYC 4:00 PM Jan 21st, 2009 – Arturo O’Farrill will be joining Laurie Anderson for the Laurie and Friends series at The Brooklyn Academy ...