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O'Farrill, Arturo

LC control no.no 00071446
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Personal name headingO'Farrill, Arturo
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Other standard no.0000000072523303
100319805
Q715390
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeNew York (N.Y.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Birth date1960-06-22
Place of birthMexico
Field of activityJazz
Piano
AffiliationUniversity of California, Los Angeles
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Department of Music
Profession or occupationJazz musicians
Pianists
University and college faculty members
Special noteDo not confuse with his father, Cuban composer, arranger and bandleader: O'Farrill, Chico, 1921-2001 (no 92025813)
Found inBloodlines [SR] p1999: container (Arturo O'Farrill, piano; son of Cuban composer and bandleader Chico O'Farrill, pianist with Chico's Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band; b. Mexico, raised in New York)
All music guide WWW homepage, Aug. 28, 2000: (Arturo O'Farrill; Post-bop and Latin jazz; instruments: piano, organ; arranger; releases dating 1981-2000)
Wikipedia, viewed June 25, 2013 (Arturo O'Farrill, born June 22, 1960, is a pianist and composer, the son of Latin jazz musician and bandleader Chico O'Farrill. He formerly worked with Carla Bley and eventually took over his father's band. Arturo went on to form the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, which played at Lincoln Center. Under his direction the group recorded the Grammy-nominated album Noche Involvidable in 2005. In 2007, O'Farrill left Lincoln Center to form his own non-profit, the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance)
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music website, viewed May 13, 2020 (Arturo O'Farrill; pianist, composer, and educator; professor in global jazz studies at UCLA and director of the UCLA Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra)
   <https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/people/arturo-ofarrill/>