21 August 2008
Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
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On Song For Chico, Arturo O’Farrill celebrates his father’s spirit through the title track, a modern piece that shows that Afro-Latin Jazz is a tree with deep roots that keeps spreading its branches in new directions.
Like his father, Arturo is a pianist and the leader of a forward looking Latin Jazz band. Band members and fellow musicians have contributed a nice selection of instrumentals that showcase the diversity and the warmth of this fine group, the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra.
Playlist
Playlist
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Innuendo Out The Other
Philip DeGruy
Degruy-Gruy Music
NYC 6013 2 (US Import)
Philip DeGruy, Innuendo Out The Other
15 seconds (excerpt)
(solo 17-string elec guitar, fingerstyle; v quirky, virtuosic & humorous, more or less a bent-boogie)
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CD Cut 7 - 'Humility'
Composed and arranged by Tom Harrell
Pub Not Spec
Zoho ZM 200804 (In Australia, through The Planet Company/ MGM
email: info@theplanetcompany.com
website: www.theplanetcompany.com
Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra - 'Song For Chico'
5:50
(Brass fanfares into dense piece featuring the big-toned soloing of trumpeter Jim Seeley)
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CD 2, Cut 24 - 'Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite'
Arturo 'Chico' O'Farrill, Sr.
Pub Not Spec
Verve 533 256-2 (Through Universal
http://www.vervemusicgroup.com
Chico O'Farrill - 'Cuban Blues: The Chico O'Farrill Session'
Four minute excerpt
((Ambitious big band featuring Afro-Cuban and American musicians, with Charlie Parker on alto sax, Flip Phillips on Tenor Sax and Rene Hernandez on piano)
Segue
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CD Cut 3 - 'Picadillo'
Tito Puente, arr. Jose Madera
Pub Not Spec
Zoho ZM 200804 (In Australia, through The Planet Company/ MGM
email: info@theplanetcompany.com
website: www.theplanetcompany.com
Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra - 'Song For Chico'
4:55
(Strong Afro-Cuban groove featuring Arturo's piano and Mario Rivera's tenor sax and Michael Rodriguez' plunger trumpet.)
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CD Cut 13 - 'The Man Who Couldn't Cry'
Loudon Wainwright
Pub Not Spec
Yep Roc ( in Australia through Shock. www.shock.com.au
worldwide: www.yeproc.com )
Loudon Wainwright - 'Recovery'
6:02
(Loudon's voice and guitar and a string quartet in comical song of misfortune and subsequent Schadenfreude only realised after the protagonist's death)
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CD Cut 2 - 'Such Love'
Composed and Arranged by Arturo O'Farrill
Pub Not Spec
Zoho ZM 200804 (In Australia, through The Planet Company/ MGM
email: info@theplanetcompany.com
website: www.theplanetcompany.com
Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra - 'Song For Chico'
8:15
(Emotional brass stabs and swells into groove for percussion and bass in song that is dedicated to Sam Furnace, a sax player who played an amazing solo with Chico's band while so sick that he was unable to stand up and acknowledge the audience's response for taking them to a higher plane while in such pain. Solos by Luis Bonilla on trombone, Jim Seeley on trumpet and Jimmy Delgado on timbales)
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CD Cut 10 - 'Zumba Que Zumba'
Traditional
Pub Not Spec
Accords Croises AC125
( in Australia through Select Audio-Visual Distribution
www.savd.com.au
worldwide: www.accords-croises.com )
Magic Malik, Minino Garay, Jaime Torres - 'Altiplano'
One minute excerpt
(A Jaropo Llanero, a typical Venezuelan dance featuring charango, piano, flute and percussion)
Presenter
Lucky Oceans
Producer
Lucky Oceans
