Musical Dimensions

Cuba in New York

Featuring the The Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble.

GRAMMY award winner Arturo O’Farrill, founder of the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, leads a sextet to showcase and celebrate New York as major site of the historical presence of Cuban music and Cuban musicians in Latin Jazz and American music.

Thursday, March 31at 7:30PM in Elebash Recital Hall

Arturo O'Farrill

Arturo O'Farrill is a pianist, composer, and educator best known for his work in founding and leading the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. Educated at the Manhattan School of Music, Brooklyn College Conservatory, and the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, Mr. O'Farrill played piano with the Carla Bley Big Band from 1979 through 1983. He then went on to develop as a solo performer with a wide spectrum of artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Turre, Freddy Cole, The Fort Apache Band, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis, and Harry Belafonte. His debut album with the Orchestra “Una Noche Inolvidable” earned a GRAMMY award nomination in 2006. In the summer of 2007, Mr. O'Farrill served as Visiting Artist at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. He has recently been appointed Assistant Professor of Jazz at The University of Massachussetts in Amherst.