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Arturo O'Farrill and ALJO @ Symphony Space in NYC on 1/25/08
The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill presents Otra Noche Inolvidable. Latin singers and songwriters shine in an evening sparkling with great vocal traditions of Latin Jazz, modeled on the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra GRAMMY Award-nominated record Una Noche Inolvidable, with special guest Herman Olivera. January 25th, 2008! 8:00 PM Symphony Space 2537 Broadway ...
Wonderful Discovery
Label: MEII Enterprises
Released: 2007
Track listing: Mr. O's Groove; Song for an Old Soul; Summertime; Arturo's Reverie; Flight; Go Like The Wind; Down the Road;
Raices (Roots); A Smile for Everyone; Take-A-Break; Old Havana; Wonderful Discovery.
Arturo O'Farrill: Wonderful Discovery
by Michael P. Gladstone
Pianist Arturo O'Farrill acknowledges the compositions of Dr. Eugene Marlow on Wonderful Discovery, where one of the composer's longtime wishes is fulfilled with an all Latin jazz album of his tunes. All but three of the dozen tunes are from Marlow's pen, along with one O'Farrill composition ("Arturo's Reverie"), an improvisation by percussionist Bobby Sanabria ("Raices"), ...
Arturo O'Farrill and Friends: Wonderful Discovery
by Ken Dryden
Even though Dr. Eugene Marlow has an impressive résumé as a composer/arranger and educator, many jazz fans are likely to have never heard of him at all though he has written numerous jazz and classical pieces for solo instruments, chamber ensembles and big bands, while also participating in the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop since 1998. Wonderful ...
Live In Brooklyn
Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: Vieques; Walking Batterie Woman; Peace; Footprints; Utviklinsang; In a Sentimental Mood;
Well You Needn't.
Arturo O'Farrill: Live in Brooklyn
by Norman Weinstein
This recording may come as a surprise for those who identify pianist Arturo O'Farrill primarily as the heir to the throne of his father Chico O'Farrill, the esteemed Latin jazz big band leader and composer. While he has honored his father's legacy with his leadership of the Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Orchestra, the Arturo O'Farrill this remarkable ...
Arturo O'Farrill: Live in Brooklyn
by John Kelman
With the advent of relatively inexpensive recording equipment, it's now possible to document almost any live performance. Some artists, in fact, record virtually every show and then piece together a live album from the best performances, as saxophonist Wayne Shorter has done on his new release, the outstanding Beyond the Sound Barrier. But just ...
Arturo O'Farrill: Live in Brooklyn
by AAJ Staff
This Latin-flavored live date (recorded in August, 2003 at Brooklyn's Up Over Jazz Café) features the pianist son of Chico O'Farrill--now a successful forty-something small and big bandleader in his own right--in a relatively straight-ahead trio setting with bassist Andy Gonzalez and drummer Dafnis Prieto. There's no mistaking the liveness or spontaneity of invention here, and ...
Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
by AAJ Staff
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra is led by pianist/music director Arturo O'Farrill. He is a well-spoken jovial man with a huge aura of energy about him.O'Farrill, winner of the Latin Jazz USA Outstanding Achievement Award for 2003, was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. Educated at the Manhattan ...
