Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with special guest Donald Harrison Jr. perform at Symphony Space, during the CubaNola: More Than the Spanish Tinge concert on February 26th, 2011.
Cuba and New Orleans are more than musical cousins; they are more like twins and equally responsible for much of what we call Jazz. Arturo O’Farrill, together with special guest Donald Harrison, explores the common roots of Jazz as seen in the early music of New Orleans and Havana, with arrangements of early charangas, rags, and contemporary works, plus the world premiere of “CubaNola: More Than a Spanish Tinge.”
