Arturo O’Farrill

Quick Facts

Full Name	Arturo O'Farrill
Occupation	Jazz Musician
Date Of Birth	Jun 22, 1960(1960-06-22)
Age	64
Birthplace	Mexico City
Country	Mexico
Horoscope	Cancer

Arturo O'Farrill Biography

Arturo O'Farrill is one of the most popular and richest Jazz Musician who was born on June 22, 1960 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Arturo O’Farrill (born June 22, 1960) is a jazz musician, the son of Latin jazz musician, arranger and bandleader Chico O’Farrill, and pianist, composer, and director for the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. He is best known for his contributions to contemporary Latin jazz (more specifically Afro-Cuban jazz), having received Grammy Awards and nominations, though he has trained in other forms such as free jazz and experimented briefly with hip hop.

In 1979, O’Farrill was playing in an upstate New York bar when he was noticed by jazz pianist, organist, and composer Carla Bley. Impressed with his talent, Bley recruited the then 19-year-old O’Farrill to play with her band in Carnegie Hall even though she was uncertain whether or not he could read music. He remained with her band for three years afterwards, playing in such events as the Berlin Jazz Festival where the band was billed alongside O’Farrill’s childhood idol Chick Corea. O’Farrill credits Bley with teaching him the value of maintaining the integrity of one’s music rather than pursuing money and fame, stating, “It’s really, really about the art – pushing the envelope, progressing, doing things that sound beautiful and have a life of their own. That’s more important than you, the artist; it’s about the art.” In addition to his regular role as a pianist, O’Farrill sometimes played organ with the band. After leaving the Carla Bley Big Band, O’Farrill found solo work with artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Howard Johnson, Steve Turre, and Lester Bowie. In 1987 O’Farrill found long-term employment as Harry Belafonte’s music director.

Arturo O'Farrill Net Worth

Arturo O'Farrill is one of the richest Jazz Musician from Mexico. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Arturo O'Farrill 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Arturo O’Farrill was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to Lupe Valero and Chico O’Farrill on June 22, 1960. His mother Lupe was a singer from Mexico, and his father Chico was a jazz trumpeter and composer originally from Havana, Cuba. The family lived in Mexico until 1965, when they moved to New York City. Here, his father Chico found work as music director for the CBS program “Festival of Lively Arts”, where he formed relationships with jazz musicians Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, and Stan Getz. However Chico also worked with many Latin music artists such as Tito Puente, Machito, Celia Cruz, and La Lupe, which, for son Arturo, led to a “psychotic upbringing” in which he was unsure of his own cultural identity. At the age of six O’Farrill began taking piano lessons at the behest of his parents, initially disliking them very strongly before warming up to the instrument and deciding around the age of 12 that he wanted to be a career musician. Eschewing his father’s musical style, O’Farrill instead chose to focus on other forms of jazz, listening to artists such as Bud Powell and Chick Corea. He also began to receive a formal musical education around this time, graduating from LaGuardia High School for Music and Art and then studying at the Manhattan School of Music, the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College (from which he received the Distinguished Alumnus Medal), and the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College.

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In 2007, O’Farrill and the ALJO left Jazz at Lincoln Center “to pursue its own educational and performance opportunities,”‘ moving their performances to New York’s Symphony Space. That same year, he was appointed assistant professor of jazz at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and he established the non- profit organization the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, which provides instruments and musical lessons for New York City public school students. In 2008 O’Farrill released his second album with the ALJO, the Grammy-winning Song for Chico, and also took up residency as an assistant professor at State University of New York at Purchase.

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Azam Ranked on the list of most popular Jazz Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Mexico. Arturo O'Farrill celebrates birthday on June 22 of every year.

Unlike his father, whose music was undeniably Afro-Cuban in nature, Arturo O’Farrill’s casts a wider net, capturing sounds from throughout Latin America. Reflective of big band traditions in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and elsewhere, his music is described as stylistically “pan-Latin” by critic Dan Bilawsky. Philip Booth of JazzTimes writes that the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra’s 2011 record 40 Acres and a Burro “has the big-band digging deeper into the textures and rhythms of South America and the Caribbean” than ever before.

What is the company choreographed by Arturo O Farrill focused on art as

resistance?

An avid supporter of all the Arts, Arturo has performed with Ballet Hispanico and the Malpaso Dance Company , for whom he has written three ballets.

Where does Arturo farrill live?

O’Farrill lives in New York City with his wife Alison Deane, a trained classical pianist, and sons Zachary (a drummer) and Adam O’Farrill (a trumpeter), who formed the O’Farrill Brothers Band.

What is the name for a Cuban jam session used by Machito in his

performances?

The first jazz song to be overtly based in-clave was “Tanga” (1942) composed by Mario Bauzá and recorded by Machito and his Afro-Cubans. The first descarga [Cuban jam session] that made the world take notice is traced to a Machito rehearsal on May 29, 1943, at the Park Palace Ballroom, at 110th Street and 5th Avenue.

What is the name of the very famous African American trumpeter who played

with Machito and Bauza?

Parker and the tenor saxophonist Flip Phillips. In 1947, the bandleader Stan Kenton used the Afro-Cubans’ rhythm section on a tune called ”Machito. ” And through Mr. Bauza and Machito, the be-bop trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie met the Cuban drummer Chano Pozo, who joined Mr.

What is the Afro-Cuban religion?

Santería is an Afro-Caribbean religion, and more specifically an Afro- Cuban religion. In Cuba it is sometimes described as “the national religion”, although it has also spread abroad.