The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance Presents: East Meets West February 1 & 2 at Symphony Space Program to Feature GRAMMY® Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Directed by Arturo O’Farrill, with Special Guest Curator and Artist...
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Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Turns 10!
The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra to Celebrate Historic 10th Anniversary Season with Special Program at Symphony Space, January 20 & 21 January 20 Benefit Concert to Feature World-Class Special Guests, Including: Randy Weston, Ray Santos,...
Noteworthy Recordings of 2011
This is the recording that Maraca’s fans have been waiting for. Recorded live at the Grand Theater in Havana, Cuba (2010), it presents Maraca’s collaboration with the Havana Chamber Orchestra and includes standout contributions from pianist Harold Lopez-Nussa, Japanese violinist Sayaka, saxophonist David Sanchez, drummer Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo and others. The recording takes the listener on a musical journey [...]
Andy and Jerry’s: A Tribute to the González Brothers
ARTURO O’ FARRILL AND THE AFRO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA ANDY AND JERRY’S: A TRIBUTE TO THE GONZALEZ BROTHERS PETER NORTON SYMPHONY SPACE, NEW YORK OCTOBER 14 AND 13, 2011 Performance Review and Commentary by New...
ALJO to Celebrate 10th Anniv. Season in 2011/12
The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance announced that it will celebrate the 10th Anniversary season of the GRAMMY Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), directed by Arturo O’Farrill, in 2011/12 at Symphony Space on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The ALJO will present three landmark programs to celebrate its first decade of existence. On October 14 and 15, the Orchestra will pay tribute to Andy and Jerry González, founders of the pioneering [...]
Arturo O’Farrill: Carrying the O’Farrill legacy into the 21st century
Arturo O'Farrill is a self-proclaimed chatterbox and an interviewer's fantasy. In this, my second interview with the piano master and bandleader we discuss his family, his art, his philosophy and his mission to bring music education back to our public schools. As you will see, Arturo is a poetic and fearless speaker who makes no bones about the "machine," the "cookie cutters" and the future of Afro Cuban Jazz. In addition, Arturo speaks candidly about the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra's [...]
Bringing Chico Home
When the steel door to Kennedy Airport's Gate 8 slammed shut, Arturo O'Farrill was on the wrong side. With his wife, sons, and mother in tow one Monday in December, he was bound for Miami, then for Havana via charter flight. And though far from early, the O'Farrills weren't exactly late-the plane began rolling toward the runway 10 minutes ahead of schedule. Inside the cabin of American Airlines Flight 1141, Eric Oberstein [...]
CubaNola: More Than the Spanish Tinge
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 "More Than a Spanish Tinge" [...]