O'farrill, Arturo / Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra / Cuba: The Conversation Continues
| Album: | Cuba: The Conversation Continues | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | O'farrill, Arturo / Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra | Added: | Aug 2015 | |
| Label: | Motema Music | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2015-09-11 | Pull Date: | 2015-11-13 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 15 | Nov 8 | Oct 11 | Oct 4 | Sep 27 | Sep 20 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 07, 2022: | Melange (rebroadcast from Oct 1, 2015)
Guajira Simple |
4. | Aug 07, 2021: | Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Sep 19, 2015)
The Afro Latin Jazz Suite, Movement I: Mother Africa, Second Lina Soca (Brudda Singh) |
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| 2. | Sep 09, 2021: | Rebop (rebroadcast from Oct 2, 2015)
The Afro Latin Jazz Suite, Movement I: Mother Africa, The Triumphant Journey |
5. | Mar 25, 2016: | Rebop
The Triumphant Journey |
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| 3. | Aug 16, 2021: | Melange (rebroadcast from Oct 1, 2015)
Guajira Simple |
6. | Nov 14, 2015: | Music Casserole
Guajira Simple |
Album Review
Margy Kahn
Reviewed 2015-09-02
Reviewed 2015-09-02
Compositions by 5 American and 4 Cuban composers. Lots of virtuoso musicianship; joyous sounds; next gen from Buena Vista Social; very sophisticated musically – 2 discs
No FCC issues
Disc 1
**1. The Triumphant Journey – multilayered, multi-timbered, moves right along with featured solos; very upbeat; bass instrumentation very cool; nice clean ending 6:04
2. Mother Africa – starts choppier rhythmically, virtuoso soprano horn; quiets down; lots of variation; solos; big band sound with large horn section segueing into simple African percussion and back to bigger band; kind of all over the map musically 9:47
3. All of the Americas trilling flute sounds to start; light, breezy, bouncy, percussion solos; 6:11
*4-Movement III:Adagio – contemplative; I wish it were longer 1:33
*5-The Afro Latin Jazz Suite, Movement IV: What Now? – punchy; intricate piano with equally intricate percussion plus horns; keeps moving; nice ending 4:13
**6-Guajira Simple – starts very quietly with solo piano; adds instrumentation but stays quiet; nice flute work; louder & then quiet again; piano motifs really pretty; quick ending 9:29
7-Alabanza – melange of sounds at beginning; hard to tell where it's headed; kind of all over the place, as it turns out; nice flute work; nice Yoruban drums at end 9:46
*8-Blues Guaguancó – vocal; sounds more like Buena Vista Social; plus scat 6:02
Disc 2
Vaca Frita turntable scratching here for those who like that sort of thing along with Cuban dance music and lots of trumpet and sax; nice piano work toward end 8:34
*Just One Moment--lots of horns! Some nice riffs --3:08
**El Bombón- vocals with orchestra and marimbas! As well as a “tres” Cuban stringed instrument and guiro--7:09
**Second Lina Soca dance song with vocals in English- happy sound - 6:18
There’s a Statue of Jose Martí in Central Park -more like a serious jazz composition; complex 13:08
No FCC issues
Disc 1
**1. The Triumphant Journey – multilayered, multi-timbered, moves right along with featured solos; very upbeat; bass instrumentation very cool; nice clean ending 6:04
2. Mother Africa – starts choppier rhythmically, virtuoso soprano horn; quiets down; lots of variation; solos; big band sound with large horn section segueing into simple African percussion and back to bigger band; kind of all over the map musically 9:47
3. All of the Americas trilling flute sounds to start; light, breezy, bouncy, percussion solos; 6:11
*4-Movement III:Adagio – contemplative; I wish it were longer 1:33
*5-The Afro Latin Jazz Suite, Movement IV: What Now? – punchy; intricate piano with equally intricate percussion plus horns; keeps moving; nice ending 4:13
**6-Guajira Simple – starts very quietly with solo piano; adds instrumentation but stays quiet; nice flute work; louder & then quiet again; piano motifs really pretty; quick ending 9:29
7-Alabanza – melange of sounds at beginning; hard to tell where it's headed; kind of all over the place, as it turns out; nice flute work; nice Yoruban drums at end 9:46
*8-Blues Guaguancó – vocal; sounds more like Buena Vista Social; plus scat 6:02
Disc 2
Vaca Frita turntable scratching here for those who like that sort of thing along with Cuban dance music and lots of trumpet and sax; nice piano work toward end 8:34
*Just One Moment--lots of horns! Some nice riffs --3:08
**El Bombón- vocals with orchestra and marimbas! As well as a “tres” Cuban stringed instrument and guiro--7:09
**Second Lina Soca dance song with vocals in English- happy sound - 6:18
There’s a Statue of Jose Martí in Central Park -more like a serious jazz composition; complex 13:08
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