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Irish father and German mother, Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill grew up in Cuba where he studied music led by Felix Guerrero. He studied law for one year and then in 1936 moved to the United States where he remained until 1940 studying Gainesville (Georgia). He returned to Cuba and was playing with Armando Romeu in the famous cabaret Tropicana and other Cuban nightclubs until 1948. That same year he studied in New York with Bernard Wagaman, Stephan Wolpe and Hall Overton.
Its entry into the New York jazz scene came as the Swedish clarinetist Stan Hasselgard, introduced him to Benny Goodman, then established himself as the king of swing in the United States. Goodman commissioned some arrangements for a recording session should be done to the Capitol. Later he also wrote arrangements for Machito, Miguelito Valdés, Stan Kenton (the famous Cuban Episode) and Dizzy Gillespie, including its spectacular "Manteca Suite." After achieving success, his reputation for adventure led him to form his own band performing with the very successful "Birdland" and other jazz venues in the Big Apple.
the late fifties he moved to Mexico where he wrote a symphonic work for the Havana Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1962 and 1963 gave concerts in Mexico City, Aztec acted on television and presented his work "Quntt Wind." In April 1965, he returned to the United States, first to Las Vegas and then back to New York where he wrote a series of arrangements for Count Basie. The following year was the Glenn Miller Orchestra, then led by the clarinetist Buddy de Franco, who commissioned some arrangements, and later, trumpeter Clark Terry appeared at the Montreux Jazz Festival is a famous of his compositions.
Since 1971, his work is directed mainly toward commercial production for radio and television. In 1973 he returned to be required by Stan Kenton, and in 1974 for Frank Wes and Gato Barbieri. That same year, 1974, conducted a concert at Avery Fisher Hall in New York with the Machito Orchestra and Joe Newman. In 1975 he directed a new work for Dizzy Gillespie and Machito on St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York titled: Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. Chico O'Farrill was one of the greatest Cuban musicians whose contribution to the movement Latin jazz, and especially Afro-Cuban sound was spectacular. Your participation in Fernando Trueba's film, entitled "Calle 54" made him more popular in our country. Source
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