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JAZZCUBA Chico O'Farrill VOL.3'' ''(CUBA, 2007) @ [320k]

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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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JAZZCUBA VOL.4 Guapacho''''ORCHESTRA WITH BEBO VALDES (CUBA, 2007) @ [320k]

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pianist Bebo Valdes is a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, father of Chucho Valdés. Began his career as a pianist in one of the most popular orchestras of the time, Julio Cueva, for which he composes the mambo "The rarity of the century." Takes the forties and the famous Cuban bassist, Israel Lopez Cachao change the course of Cuban music with his danzón "Mambo." Bebo joins Armando Romeu's orchestra at the Tropicana, the most famous cabaret of the island in a short time, the famous cabaret musical adviser. The producer Norman Granz, excited by the reaction to Afro-Cuban jazz in New York, recommends that Valdes in 1952 the first Cuban jazz downloads recorded on the island. At that time, the orchestra Valdes is heard on the radio to the length and breadth of the island. One of the vocalists is Benny More, who is inspired to form his own big band. For its part, Bebo created a new rhythm, the outrigger, and continues to compose. One of his songs, "Rimando cha-cha-cha" is a success for the Riverside Orchestra. Signed to accompany the artists on the label Gema. Among them is a singer of incomparable phrasing, "The guapachoso" Rolando Laserie, whose popularity is only surpassed by Moré.


At the beginning of the sixties in Mexico, is musical director of the Chilean bolero singer Lucho Gatica. He toured Europe with the Havana Cuban Boys. Creator of the outrigger, his life was changed one hundred eighty degrees when in 1960 decided to exile in Sweden where they took root and created his own family staying away from music for a long time. His first contract led him to play for six months in a club the Arctic Circle. In Stockholm, falls in love, marries, and joins in the deepest anonymity. Spend more than thirty years. On November 25, 1994, Bebo gets a call from Paquito D'Rivera, inviting him to record a new album in Germany. Three days later, D'Rivera produces Bebo Rides Again, a collection of Cuban classics and original Valdés written especially for the occasion. The time is not wasted. It sounds better than ever. Start a new career in his seventy-six years.

In 2000 he launched the film directed by Fernando Trueba, Calle 54, along with a double CD soundtrack of the same. The success was extraordinary, it is a historical encounters among the largest Latin Jazz among those who have participated, among others, Bebo Valdes, Tito Puente, Eliane Elias, Jerry Gonzalez, Michel Camilo, Paquito D'Rivera himself, Cachao and many other amazing musicians, Afro-Latinos. His latest album, with Lola Records, entitled "The Art of Flavor" with Cachao and Patato was released in April 2001. He has been granted by the same Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Album.

A 85, Bebo Valdes is already recognized as one of the greatest living figures in international music. His album Lágrimas Negras with the flamenco singer Diego el Cigala, have placed new Cuban pianist in full today. Lagrimas Negras is a global success and is published throughout the world, winning a Latin Grammy. Bebo's latest project so far is their involvement in Fernando Trueba's latest film entitled "The Miracle of Candeal" a film that features, among other things, the history of Bebo Valdés trip to Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) to reconnect with their African origins. Source