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| 1. | One Adam 12 Mambo
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| 2. | Goat Check
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| 3. | Blue State Blues
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| 4. | The Darkness Is My Closest Friend
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| 5. | No Way Off
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| 6. | Crazy Chicken
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| 7. | Tabla Rasa: El Salon Cubano
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| 8. | Tabla Rasa: Tintal Tintal Deo
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| 9. | Ceviche
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| 10. | Alisonia
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Jazz / Latin Jazz, Post-Bop
Arturo O'Farrill: piano, Fender Rhodes
Jim Seeley: trumpet
David Bixler: alto sax
Boris Koslov: acoustic electric bass
Vince Cherico: drums
Roland Guerrero: percussion
Badal Roy: tablas
* Cover Sticker: 2009 Grammy Award winner Arturo O'Farrill presents his multicultural sextet in ten exciting originals, defining contemporary Latin Jazz in the 21st century. Guest: Badal Roy, tablas.
* On his fifth ZOHO CD, O'Farrill introduces his multicultural sextet and guests from the Caribbean, Midwest, Latin America, Russia, and India.
* Features guest performances by several family members, including O'Farrill's 14-year-old son Adam, who performed in front of First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House in June 2009.
* Other guest performers include the legendary Indian tabla player and vocalist Badal Roy, who performed on several of Miles Davis' famous electric fusion recordings in the 1970s.
* Publicity by Jim Eigo/Jazz Promo Services.
* Radio by Jane Purcell Dashow/Jazzzdog Radio Promotions.
* Ads with DownBeat.
Arturo O'Farrill's latest album is a family affair of sorts: his wife, Alison Deane, plays piano on three tracks, while his teenaged sons Adam and Zachary play trumpet and drums, respectively, on another. Throughout the disc, the music is a mix of funk, Latin, and swing grooves with fierce, technically adept, but ultimately soulful and exuberant soloing, particularly by trumpeter Jim Seeley and alto saxophonist David Bixler, while O'Farrill himself maintains hypnotic montunos and rock-steady soul-jazz grooves on the piano and Fender Rhodes. The third track, "Blue State Blues," features a bass duo/duel between Ricky Rodriguez (acoustic) and Boris Koslov (electric), with O'Farrill offering surprisingly avant-garde comping behind. The album's climax comes with the two-part, 15-minute "Tabla Rasa," which creates a head-spinning Cuban bop blend in its first half and in its second features a guest appearance by tabla master Badal Roy, who played with Miles Davis in the early '70s and has enjoyed a long fusion career since. He's surrounded by a Balkan-sounding violin, flute, some vocal chanting, and a whole bunch of other elements that somehow manage to cohere -- much like the rest of the album. Risa Negra isn't quite jazz, and it isn't quite Latin jazz -- it's more, and better, than either of those narrow categories. ~ Phil Freeman, All Music Guide
Arturo O'Farrill
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Latin Jazz, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Afro-Cuban Jazz
An veteran figure of the Afro-Cuban jazz movement, Arturo O'Farrill was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. The son of big band leader Chico O'Farrill, Arturo was educated at the Manhattan School of Music and the Brooklyn College Conservatory. From 1979-1983, he played piano with the Carla Bley Big Band; O'Farrill then went on to develop his skills as a solo performer with a wide spectrum of artists, including Wynton Marsalis, Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Turre, Papo Vazquez, the Fort Apache Band, Lester Bowie, and Harry Belafonte.
In 1995, O'Farrill agreed to direct Chico O'Farrill's Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra, which has been in residence at New York City's Birdland nightclub since the late '90s; the band also performed throughout the world. As a bandleader in his own right, O'Farrill recorded material for such labels as Milestone Records, 32 Jazz, and M & I. Those recordings (Blood Lines, A Night in Tunisia, and Cumana) provide listeners with an overview of the musical environment in which O'Farrill was raised. He also made appearances on numerous records, including Habanera with Alberto Shiroma and the soundtrack to the critically acclaimed movie Calle 54. Arturo was a special guest soloist at three landmark Jazz at Lincoln Center concerts -- Afro-Cuban Jazz: Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, November 1995; Con Alma: The Latin Tinge in Big Band Jazz, September 1998; and the 2001 Jazz at Lincoln Center Gala: The Spirit of Tito Puente, November 2001. In March 2002, he was also the featured artist in Jazz at Lincoln Center's Jazz in the Schools Tour, when he led a Latin jazz quintet for 24 educational performances that reached over 5,000 people throughout N.Y.C. metropolitan schools. He again participated in this educational tour in 2002 and continued to direct the orchestra that preserved much of his father's music. 2008 saw him partnering with vocalist Claudia Acuña for In These Shoes, a stylish offering of jazz and Latin music.
---Paula Edelstein, All Music Guide |
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