Arturo O'Farrill : 'Song for Chico '

ARTURO O’FARRILL, pianist, composer, educator and winner of the Latin Jazz USAOutstanding Achievement Award for 2003, was born in Mexico and grew up in New York city. He was exposed to Afro-Latin music at an very early age: He’s the son of Arturo “Chico” O’Farrill, who helped popularize the jazz genre. In 2002, Arturo O’Farrill created the Afro Latin...

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Charlie Sepulveda & The Turrnaround at " The Greater Hartford Conn. Jazz Fest " Friday july 17, 2009.

School of Arts in Caguas, Conservatory of Music, University of Puerto Rico, and City College in New York, this Newyorikan trumpeter (1962) has interpreted and recorded among masters like: Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Dizzy Gillespie, Macoy Tyner, Wynton Marsalis, Dave Valentin, Hilton Ruiz, Paquito de Rivera, Michael Camilo, Sheila E., Ray Barretto,...

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Orbert Davis' "Collective Creativity" debut CD by Chicago Jazz Philharmonic .

About the project...What do Igor Stravinsky and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) have in common? Not much. But, when Stravinsky's rhythmic, blocked forms and melodic permutations are paralleled with the AACM's unrestricted innovation and roots in African and African-American traditions, the result is a conglomeration...

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