Podcasts about afro latin jazz orchestra

When Arturo O'Farrill was 19 years old, playing piano in a bar in upstate New York, he was spotted by Carla Bley—who promptly invited him to join her band. At the time, he was doing everything he could to distance himself from the legacy of his father, the legendary Cuban composer Chico O'Farrill. He avoided anything labeled “Latin” like his life depended on it. But as he tells it, the real turning point came when bassist Andy Gonzalez sat him down and played him the history of Afro Latin music. Arturo realized that the music he'd rejected might actually be his greatest treasure—and more complex and profound than he'd ever imagined. Since then, Arturo has built an extraordinary body of work as a composer, bandleader, educator, and activist. From founding the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra to creating his nonprofit Belongo—now building a major cultural center in Harlem—he's dedicated his life to music that carries meaning. Not just swing, but sting. “You can pretend that music is pretty noise,” he says, “or you can think it's only to soothe. But I don't believe that's the purpose of art.” In our conversation, Arturo opens up about identity, legacy, faith, creativity, and the urgent role of art in a broken world. Sometimes a conversation doesn't just explore a person's life—it opens a window into their soul. This was one of those. www.third-story.com www.leosidran.substack.com www.wbgo.org/podcast/the-third-story

Enjoy a playlist featuring heartfelt and original tributes to Carla Bley, and projects enriched by Arabic, West-African and Indian music traditions. The playlist features Mortelle Randonnée; Arturo O'Farrill, The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra; Yazz Ahmed; Kinan Azmeh [pictured], CityBand; Piers Faccini, Ballaké Sissoko; Dawda Jobarteh, Stefan Pasborg; Brian Molley, The Asin Langa Ensemble. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20247670/Mondo-Jazz (from "Musique Mecanique I" to "Journeys in Hand in Hand"). Photo credit: Liudmila Jermeis.

Ghazi and Boom.Diwan with Arturo O'Farrill is about as unlikely a group as you could imagine. Ghazi Al-Mulaifi is a rocking guitar player and an ethnomusicologist who studies the music of Arabian Gulf pearl divers, among them, his own ancestors. Boom.Diwan is an ensemble based around the Kuwaiti percussionists who preserve the vanishing art of pearl diving music. How they came together with Arturo O'Farrill, leader of New York's Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra is a story for the ages. This podcast tells that story and samples the astounding music that resulted. Produced by Banning Eyre. PA 032

Songs featured in this episode:• XIXA, "Xolo de Galáxia"• Meme del Real, "Princesa"• Jessie Reyes, "GOLIATH"• Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, "Dia de los Muertos III Mambo Cadaverous"• Trinka, "Grego"• Astropical, "Me Pasa (Piscis)"Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Our digital mailboxes continue to overflow with new music. This week, we hear from a Colombian-Venezuelan super group, a new Afro-Brazilian band, and Ana gets another jazz lesson from a Latin jazz orchestra.Songs featured in this episode:• XIXA, "Xolo de Galáxia"• Meme del Real, "Princesa"• Jessie Reyes, "GOLIATH"• Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, "Dia de los Muertos III Mambo Cadaverous"• Trinka, "Grego"• Astropical, "Me Pasa (Piscis)"Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins. Special gracias to Hazel Cills: Thanks for everything!!Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Arturo O'Farrill: "Without Carla (Bley)'s influence, I wouldn't be where I am today; there would be no Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, no Belongó, no Arturo O'Farrill. She is in everything that I do..."  Don't you want to hear what happens when WKCR's Mitch Goldman welcomes Arturo into the WKCR archives for a Deep Focus on Carla Bley?  We know we do!   Game on this Monday (12/23) from 6p to 9p NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD or wkcr.org.  Or join us next week when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  It's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.   Find out more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.     Photo credit: Photo by Petra Gall 1981, CC0 courtesy of Schwules Museum.   #WKCR #DeepFocus #/ArturoOFarrill #CarlaBley #EscalatorOverTheHill #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview

Arturo O'Farrill: "Without Carla (Bley)'s influence, I wouldn't be where I am today; there would be no Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, no Belongó, no Arturo O'Farrill. She is in everything that I do..."  Don't you want to hear what happens when WKCR's Mitch Goldman welcomes Arturo into the WKCR archives for a Deep Focus on Carla Bley?  We know we do!   Game on this Monday (12/23) from 6p to 9p NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD or wkcr.org.  Or join us next week when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  It's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.   Find out more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.     Photo credit: Photo by Petra Gall 1981, CC0 courtesy of Schwules Museum.   #WKCR #DeepFocus #/ArturoOFarrill #CarlaBley #EscalatorOverTheHill #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview

Arturo O'Farrill: "Without Carla (Bley)'s influence, I wouldn't be where I am today; there would be no Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, no Belongó, no Arturo O'Farrill. She is in everything that I do..."  Don't you want to hear what happens when WKCR's Mitch Goldman welcomes Arturo into the WKCR archives for a Deep Focus on Carla Bley?  We know we do!   Game on this Monday (12/23) from 6p to 9p NYC time on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD or wkcr.org.  Or join us next week when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Subscribe right now to get notifications when new episodes are posted.  It's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.   Find out more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on Instagram @deep_focus_podcast.     Photo credit: Photo by Petra Gall 1981, CC0 courtesy of Schwules Museum.   #WKCR #DeepFocus #ArturoOFarrill #CarlaBley #EscalatorOverTheHill #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast #JazzInterview

This episode has been in the works for a little over 3 years now. My original intention was to meet the members of Brass Against and talk to the brass players about the band and all kinds of other topics. I followed up on the message about 2-3 months ago and I received a response. (I was one happy camper) They said, “Frank will do it!” So then I began researching Frank Cohen. After falling into that rabbit hole I discovered, Frank has done a lot! He's a member of Brass Against and he currently is lead trombone/soloist with Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, with Willie Colon, and is a member of the High and Mighty Brass Band. Mr. Cohen has great life experiences as a musician that we can all learn from, maybe some can relate to, but most of all we have found another trombone treasure! https://rathtrombones.com/robert-kaip-loves-his-rath-2/ https://www.highandmightybrassband.com/  

In this episode: Listen to a conversation between Rachel Therrien and your host Vivienne Aerts as they talk about the role that Cuba and Latin music plays for the Canadian New York-based trumpeter. About Rachel Therrien: French-Canadian trumpeter, composer, and producer Rachel Therrien boasts an enviable curriculum, known for her very personal signature with influences from Jazz to Afro-Latin and "global" music, Rachel has developed a reputation as a highly-skilled, versatile, and innovative artist. After producing 4 records on labels MultipleChordMusic (CA) & (US), Rachel Therrien just released her 5th album, "VENA" (Nominee for Jazz Album of the Year at ADISQ and JUNO Award & four stars by Downbeat), under French label Bonsaï Music, recorded in Paris with her new European Quartet. Therrien is releasing her 6th album Mi Hogar, the 1st of her Latin Jazz Project in February 2023. Therrien works as a side musician in various projects such as Arturo O'Farrill's Grammy-winning Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, The Ostara Project, the renowned Diva Jazz Orchestra, and many more. In 2020, Rachel started producing for other artists like Anamaria Oramas, Noé Lira, and LaPelúda. www.racheltherrien.com⁠ Instagram⁠ / ⁠Facebook⁠ / ⁠YouTube⁠ About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng. Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks. ⁠⁠Stream⁠⁠ the Album or ⁠⁠Buy it on Bandcamp⁠⁠ and get the chocolate! ⁠⁠More about Vivienne here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vivienne-aerts/message

We're launching the 2024 edition of the Public Song Project! Today we share the details for this year's project with producer Simon Close, and debut a contribution from Arturo O'Farrill, pianist and bandleader of the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. After the song, we're joined by musicology professor Anna Celenza to dive more into the history of jazz in the 1920s.

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Disfrutamos con estupendas músicas de nuevos discos y con artistas que suben a escena en interesantes convocatorias que tenemos el placer de anunciar, como el Festival de Músicas Sagradas del Mundo de Fez, en Marruecos; Arabesques, en Montpelier, Occitania; Una Nit Folk, en el País Valenciano, o Lisboa Mistura, en Portugal. Suenan músicas de evocaciones ibéricas, norteafricanas, caribeñas y etíopes. We enjoy great music from new albums and with artists who take the stage in interesting events that we are pleased to announce, such as the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music, in Morocco; Arabesques, in Montpelier, Occitania; Una Nit Folk, in the Valencian Country, or Lisboa Mistura, in Portugal. We hear music with Iberian, North African, Caribbean and Ethiopian evocations. • Uruna - Trans visum - El primeru • José Manuel David - Ai se eu pudera - Cantar a eito • José Ignacio H. Toquero & Entre Dos Mares - Una noche de verano (en la playa de Sanlúcar) - Abrazos: Canciones (a fuego lento) • El Pele - Vengo del moro - Vengo del moro [single] • Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou - Foulani - Oulad lghaba • Urbàlia rurana - Jo tinc una enamorada - A la banda de migjorn • Alessandro D'Alessandro - Azzurro - Canzoni • Alfredo Rodríguez - Für Elise - Coral way • Harold López-Nussa - Funky - Timba a americana • The Santiago Big Band featuring Marcos Fernández & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra featuring Arturo O'Farrill - Bilongo - Santiago Brooklyn Santiago • Ukandanz - Alègntayé - Kemekem 📸 Uruna

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Musica Nuda, el dúo que forman la cantante Petra Magoni y el contrabajista Ferruccio Spinetti, celebra sus veinte años de vida con el disco '20': 'Il viaggio straordinario', 'I giapponesi', 'Un semaforo blu' y 'Guardami'. Del nuevo disco del pianista Stefano Bollani en solitario, 'Blooming', las piezas 'Vale a Cuba' y 'Un giro per Bahia'. El hijo de Chico O´Farrill, Arturo, firma 'Legacies' en trío de piano, contrabajo, batería ('Un poco loco', 'Obsession') y firmó el año pasado, al frente de su Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra y el Colectivo de son jarocho Conga Patria, 'Fandango at the wall in New York ('BeboChicoChuchoTuro', 'Xalapa bang!'). Para despedir, 'El cantante', de Rubén Blades, con el panameño arropado por la Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra de Wynton Marsalis. Escuchar audio

For over fifteen years, John Yao has been honing his talents as a trombonist, a composer and arranger, and has cemented his place on the New York City jazz scene. Yao's lyrical soloing and expressive round tone combined with his with a creative hunger for exploring the boundaries of harmony and rhythm in his compositions/arrangements has established him as a unique musical talent. Yao has released five solo recordings, all of which feature his adventurous, boundary-pushing compositions for small groups and big bands alike. As a composer, Yao has also been commissioned to write works for professional artists and ensembles including the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia, Luis Bonilla, and HGM Jazzorkestar Zagreb among many others. His works have been performed internationally by many college and high school ensembles, including Temple University, Indiana University and the University of North Carolina, to name a few. Many of his works are published and available to professional and educational ensembles. As a trombonist, Yao has worked extensively as a sideman for Grammy-award winning New York City ensembles, such as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and Arturo O'Farrill, and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra among many others. Yao has also established himself as an in-demand educator in New York and beyond. Presently he serves as Assistant Professor of Trombone at Berklee College of Music, and as an Adjunct faculty member at Molloy College. He is an active guest artist and soloist at colleges and universities around the United States and abroad. If you enjoyed this episode please make sure to subscribe, follow, rate, and/or review this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, ect. Connect with us on all social media platforms and at www.improvexchange.com

Yacht Rock! Love Is A Drag! Foreign affairs! Bandleader and trumpeter, Mike Sailors fires on all cylinders as the consummate jazz musician. In our chat, we discuss our mutual admiration for curating involved shows for an audience, a record off the beaten path with a fascinating history, and a castle gig that needed more than a little magic to satisfy the guests. FEATURED RELEASE:The New Alchemy Jazz Orchestra“Let's Duel” (2019) Getting to Know: Mike Sailors Mike Sailors has performed around the world in Japan and Europe, as well as throughout the United States and Canada. He has appeared at venues such as the Blue Note (Tokyo, Sapporo and New York), Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, The Jazz Standard, Yoshi's, The Jazz Standard, The Jazz Kitchen, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, the Bowery Ballroom, Smalls Jazz Club as well as the Tokyo Blue Note Jazz Festival, the EFG London Jazz Festival, the Detroit Jazz Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival. Mike was also a featured guest artist at the 2015 North Carolina Music Educators Conference, as well as a featured guest artist and composer at the 2013 Brevard Music Festival. Sailors has worked as a sideman for bands and artists including the Birdland Big Band, Bobby Sanabria and The Multiverse Big Band, the Fat Cat Big Band, the Baby Soda Jazz Band, the Hot Sardines, the Captain Black Big Band led by Orrin Evans, The Jason Marshall Big Band, Cynthia Sayer and The Mingus Jazz Orchestra. His past experience also includes performances with The Gerald Wilson Orchestra, Jon Hendricks, McCoy Tyner, Marcus Belgrave, Willie Nelson, Dale Watson, Rodney Whitaker and John Clayton. He's also appeared as a featured soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra and the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. Mike also was an active Trumpet player in the NYC Broadway scene. Past shows include Beautiful - The Carole King Story, Be More Chill and The Prom. Along with an active performing career, Sailors has maintained a busy career in composition. His first commission, dating back to 2005, came from the North American Saxophone Alliance (N.A.S.A). The piece featured the late Dewey Redman and was later recorded and featured on Redman's last commercial recording “Live with Dewey Redman”. Since then, Sailors has been hired by the likes of Mack Avenue Records, Decca Records, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra as well as a host of internationally known musicians including Ryan Kisor, Sean Jones, Rodney Whitaker, Pete Bernstein, Jimmy Cobb and many others. He has also written for TV, most recently for TD Ameritrade. His band, The New Alchemy Jazz Orchestra, recently released an album featuring his compositions. The self-tilted album features originals penned by Sailors, and is distributed by Outside In Music.Originally from Charleston, South Carolina Mike grew up playing in his local church. He went on to attend the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2001, Michigan State University in 2007 and The University of Texas in 2010. In 2019, Sailors joined the faculty of The University of Texas Butler School of Music, where he leads the Jazz Trumpet Studio and mentors young artists looking to build careers in music. He currently splits his time between New York City and Austin, Texas. In Austin, he spends his time leading bands for a variety of different occasions, as well as touring nationally and internationally. Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel here!

Sometimes when a child of a musician shows an interest or an aptitude in playing music themselves, it's called “the curse”. Sometimes the curse is revealed in mysterious ways, and the cursed child might not even realize that they have the curse until something clicks in them, a light goes off, a switch flips.  In the case of Adam O'Farrill, he says he discovered his curse when, at 8 years old, he went to his older brother's Zach's middle school band concert and saw the trumpet player. Looking back on it, he admits that part of it was simply the shine and brilliance of the instrument - he was called to it. He certainly wasn't the first and he won't be the last to react that way.  But for Adam, it was really just a matter of time. For the cursed child, there is no escape. He's a quiet but intense observer, an omnivorous receiver of inputs and inspirations, from foreign films to video games, literature to cuisine. And he's also what some people would call musical royalty - the grandson of Afro-Cuban-Irish composer and arranger Chico O'Farrill, the son of the cultural boundary-pushing composer and pianist Arturo O'Farrill, and pianist-educator Alison Deane. Last year he was voted the No. 1 “rising star trumpeter” in the DownBeat magazine critics' poll. He was 26 years old at the time. But of course age is really just a number, and Adam seemed to shoot out into the world fully formed, not only an accomplished player, but a developed artistic thinker. At an early age, he was putting in time with the likes of Rudresh Mahanthappa, Mary Halvorson, and his father's Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. Adam's family background is so diverse that refers to himself as “the United Nations in flesh”. That sense of inclusiveness is found in his music as well - freedom and control, tradition and exploration, intention and “tumult,” as he tells me.   Recently he released Visions of Your Other, the third statement by his group Stranger Days, which features his brother on drums as well as the bassist Walter Stinson and recently,  saxophonist, Xavier Del Castillo.  Here he talks about belonging to that rich musical legacy, how video games, literature and most of all the films of PT Anderson have informed his work, the hazy lines around labels and categories, the importance of making space for other musicians to support one another, and how he strives to remove “the external” from his playing. www.third-story.com www.patreon.com/thirdstorypodcast www.adam-ofarrill.com/

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The composer, bandleader, and pianist Arturo O'Farrill has his hands full. The seven-time GRAMMY Award-winning jazz musician is a professor of global jazz studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, where he is also the associate dean of equity, diversity, and inclusion.O'Farrill, the director of the renowned Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, has just released the album "...dreaming in lions...", his debut on the legendary Blue Note Records label. O'Farrill is also working to open a permanent home for his orchestra in East Harlem.On Monday, Nov. 22, O'Farrill will participate in the UCLA Arts public discussion series "10 Questions" to discuss the question, “How do we sustain?”On this episode of "Works In Progress," O'Farrill talks about the power of music to overcome divisions and distances, the backlash he's experienced for expressing his political views, and how music has allowed him to give back to the community.

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Pianist & Composer Chad Lefkowitz-Brown .. We talked at length about his career and new 2021 CD Open World .. He's been busy up to this point in his career .. He's toured the world with pop superstar Taylor Swift, played with jazz greats from Dave Brubeck to Clarence Penn and been a member of Arturo O'Farrill's multi-Grammy winning Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra .. Originally from Elmira, New York, he established himself as a jazz prodigy at age 11 performing throughout New York State under the mentorship of local jazz hero, George Reed .. He's got quite a tale .. Enjoy .. Click to listen.Neon Jazz is a radio program airing since 2011. Hosted by Joe Dimino and Engineered by John Christopher in Kansas City, Missouri giving listeners a journey into one of America's finest inventions. Take a listen on KCXL (102.9 FM / 1140 AM) out of Liberty, MO. Listen to KCXL on Tunein Radio at http://tunein.com/radio/Neon-Jazz-With-Joe-Dimino-p381685/. You can now catch Neon Jazz on KOJH 104.7 FM out of the Mutual Musicians Foundation from Noon - 1 p.m. CST Monday-Friday at https://www.kojhfm.org/. Check us out at All About Jazz @ https://kansascity.jazznearyou.com/neon-jazz.php. For all things Neon Jazz, visit http://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/If you like what you hear, please let us know. You can contribute a few bucks to keep Neon Jazz going strong into the future.   https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=ERA4C4TTVKLR4

I had the immense pleasure of speaking to pianist, composer, band leader, educator and truly inspirational Arturo O'Farrill for the latest episode of Harmonious World.Virtual Birdland brings to your ears 10 compositions from over 50 online concerts recorded from the safety of the musicians' homes during the pandemic. This album is a sure-thing for a Grammy in 2022 and it brings to life some of the wonderful music performed regularly at Birdland by O'Farrill's Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.Thanks to Arturo for allowing me to play extracts from the album alongside our conversation.Follow me on instagram.com/hilaryrwriterFollow me on facebook.com/HilaryRobertsonFreelanceWriterFollow me on twitter.com/hilaryrwriterSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HWpodcast)

Alexa Tarantino's album Firefly is her third recording as a leader in the last three years. But she's not only busy writing music for her own quartet, she's been involved with groups like the Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Sherrie Maricle & The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, Cecile McLorin Salvant's OGRESSE Ensemble and Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. In this episode, she walks us through the composition process on tunes like "The Firefly Code," "Surge Capacity" and "Daybreak" while also talking about the unique process of recording during a pandemic. We also discuss the difference between playing in an all-woman group vs. an ensemble where she's the only female, what changes when you play with people you're comfortable with on a personal level, and her educational program "The Alexa Approach." The Alexa Tarantino Quartet is rounded out with Behn Gillece on vibraphone, Rudy Royston on drums, Art Hirahara on piano and Boris Kozlov on bass. Learn more about Alexa at alexatarantino.com and check out her album anywhere you stream music.

In this episode, Dr. Walter D. Greason Dean Emeritus of the Honors School at Monmouth University, Associate Professor, and Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership interviews Grammy Award-winning composer Arturo O’Farrill about the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. The Afro Latin Jazz orchestra is a group led by O’Farrill that includes more than a dozen of the most notable Jazz musicians performing today. This group brings together the sounds of big band jazz and Latin music culture. O’Farrill is a jazz musician, composer, band leader and pianist noted for his influence on contemporary Latin jazz and Afro-Cuban jazz. He has several Grammy Award nominations and Grammy Awards including the Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album in 2015. Andrew Andron composed and performed the music for this podcast.

Multi-instrumentalist, teacher and entrepreneur Erica von Kleist began her career as a saxophonist and flautist in the New York jazz scene. A native of Connecticut, Erica moved to the city to study at the renowned Juilliard School and in 2004 earned the first bachelor’s degree in jazz in the school’s history. After graduation, Erica’s next ten years were met with performances, tours and several Grammy-Nominated recordings with various artists including the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Chris Potter, Sean Jones, Seth MacFarlane, Rufus Reid, The Addams Family on Broadway among others. Honored with two ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards, several mentions in Downbeat’s annual Readers and Critics Polls, and the Martin E. Segal Award from Lincoln Center, Erica extended her scope as a bandleader with the release of three albums; Project E, Erica von Kleist & No Exceptions, and Alpine Clarity, with a fourth with tap dancer DeWitt Fleming Jr. One of her most recent endeavors is "Your Musical Is Cancelled The Musical" available online with an all star cast of Broadway actors and musicians, this show will make you yearn for the past, hopeful the future, and say "WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!" to the present.  Another recent project to check out, “BOOBS and other stories”, is a hilarious one-woman show with Erica at the helm on piano and voice. This show features original songs that focus on the struggles that women often face in society. Erica first penned the project as a full musical production and debuted as a reading in NYC featuring an all-Broadway cast. She has since pared the show down to a solo version which debuted in Whitefish Montana in September 2019.  A teacher for over 20 years, Erica has always had a passion for education. Her theory text book A Cool Approach to Jazz Theory has been used as a curriculum for several middle and high school jazz programs. As a clinician, Erica has lectured in music business and performance at The Juilliard School, UNC Greensboro, University of Scranton, University of Montana, Stanford University, and has been an adjudicator for the Essentially Ellington Festival, and a faculty member for Carnegie Hall’s NYO Jazz Program. Erica currently resides in both New York and Whitefish, MT and will be embarking on an album release tour with DeWitt Fleming Jr. in 2020 as well as continuing her one-woman show. Check back for more on the album and on BOOBS. Erica proudly endorses R.S Berkeley instruments. www.ericavonkleist.com Follow @ericavonkleist For more information or to book her virtual musical for your theatre or venue, email urmusicaliscancelled@gmail.com  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/confessionsofanactress/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/confessionsofanactress/support

Bassist Gregg August spans the classical, avant-garde, jazz and Latin jazz worlds making him one of the most versatile musicians on the scene today. As a jazz bassist Gregg is a member of the JD Allen Trio, having recorded 9 albums with the group, as well as Arturo O'farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, with whom he's won 5 Grammy awards.   His newest album , Dialogues On Race, released on his own record label Iacuessa Records, recently received a Grammy nomination  for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. His hope is that Dialogues on Race can in some small way serve as an integrated musical bridge to awareness, and maybe even stand as an affirmation against racism and injustice. 

"Masterpiece - Imagine "Godspell" meets "Beethoven's 9th" meets "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" mixed by Oliver Nelson" - SCFB June 2020 This is SOMETHING came from Baltimore pick for "THE BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR" Tonight I have Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra on the phone and we are chatting out his new album, "Four Questions" and discuss the state-of-the-world in which we find ourselves today. This is a re-edit of the previous interview with additional conversation. Artist: Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Album: Four Questions Please Subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7H... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproduc... Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Anchor: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/support

Mariel Bildsten is a trombonist, based in New York City. Mariel currently works as a bandleader and side-woman, playing in jazz big bands and small groups, as well as Afro-Latin music, rock, funk, and R&B bands. She is the lead trombonist in Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra and tours internationally with the rock band Brass Against. She has performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, London's O2 Arena, Birdland Jazz Club, the Apollo Theater, the Chicago Jazz Festival, Perth International Arts Festival, Caramoor Jazz Festival, Smalls Jazz Club, and Smoke Jazz Club, among other venues. Mariel has also performed alongside Dee Dee Bridgewater, Roy Hargrove, Wycliffe Gordon, Brian Lynch, Cyrus Chestnut, Lew Soloff, and Frank Lacy. Her own groups, ranging from duo to septet, have headlined jazz festivals, played around the country, and perform regularly in New York City.  Support this podcast

In this episode of the MFM Speaks Out, Dawoud Kringle interviews master pianist, composer, producer, music educator, music activist, and MFM Advisory Committee Member Arturo O'Farrill. The podcast began with a discussion of O'Farrill's work with Chico O'Farrill, Harry Belafonte, and Dizzy Gilespie. O'Farrill talked about the evolution of Latin Jazz and the problems inherent in musical genres, and his work as a composer and as a collaborator with multi-disciplinary projects, such as his work with various dance companies. The dialogue explored his recent CD release  and collaboration with Dr. Cornel West "Four Questions,"and how Dr. West inspired O'Farrill. Finally, the topics of his involvement with Musicians For Musicians, music activism, his spiritual philosophies on music, and the spiritual and social responsibilities of the musician / artist were discussed in detail. Visit Arturo O'Farrill at http://www.arturoofarrill.com/The following music featured in this episode is provided courtesy of Arturo OFarrill. All tracks are from his newest release "Four Questions"Opening track: "Cacophonous," by Arturo O'Farrill and the Latin Jazz Orchestra.Middle track: "Baby Jack'" (excerpt) by Arturo O'Farrill and the Latin Jazz Orchestra.Ending track: "Amidst the Fire and the Whirlwind"  by Arturo O'Farrill and the Latin Jazz Orchestra

FANDANGO AT THE WALL follows Arturo O’Farrill, maestro Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra founder, and Kabir Sehgal, bestselling author and music producer, as they prepare to record a live album at the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Their project is inspired by the annual music festival called Fandango Fronterizo, which unites people in son jarocho's song and dance on both sides of the Tijuana-San Diego border. Before recording, Fandango Fronterizo organizer, Jorge Francisco Castillo, takes O’Farrill and Sehgal on an inspiring journey of Veracruz, Mexico, where son jarocho, the 300-hundred-year-old folk music called combining indigenous, Spanish, and African traditions originated. As they travel to the remotest regions of the Veracruz coast, they meet legendary son jarocho musicians and artisans and recruit them for the upcoming festival. Their travels culminate at the annual border celebration, promoting peace, and celebrating unity. From executive producers, Quincy Jones, Andrew Young, Carlos Santana, producers Kabir Sehgal and Doug Davis, and director Varda Bar-Kar, the film introduces the beautiful music of the region through intimate storytelling and captivating concert footage. FANDANGO AT THE WALL is a powerful reminder of music’s ability to bridge cultural barriers.

"Masterpiece - Imagine "Godspell" meets "Beethoven's 9th" meets "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" mixed by Oliver Nelson" - SCFB June 2020 Tonight I have Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra on the phone and we are chatting out his new album, "Four Questions" and discuss the state-of-the-world in which we find ourselves today. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim/message

In this week´s episode hosts Pablo Aslan and  Fernando González interview Colombian percussionist and composer Samuel Torres. He speaks about the depth and variety of Afro-Colombian music, how it relates to the African and indigenous rooted traditions in other countries in Latin America, and also music as a social statement. If you think playing congas in a band or an orchestra means just keeping time or setting a groove, you have not heard  Samuel. Yes he has done that and more playing in salsa and Latin jazz bands; collaborating with pop stars such as Ricky Martin, Alejandro Sanz, and Shakira and also with innovative artists such as singers Sofia Rei and Lara Bello and pianist Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. But his imaginative melodic playing of the congas and creative composing and arranging has been also featured in concerts with the Berlin Symphoniker, the Boston Pops, Bogotá Philharmonic, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In 2019 he won a Latin GRAMMY  in the Best Classical Album category for Regreso, a work featuring the Nueva Filarmonia Orchestra with Samuel as soloist. Give the conguero some!

Bam Rodriguez has distilled years of studying and performing in Caracas, Brussels, Amsterdam, and New York City into a thoughtful, original approach to music-making. His work has a broad range, extending from anchoring the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra to his ambient-like Music to be Bored: “meditative, restorative, creative,“ as he defines it. Hosts Pablo Aslan and Fernando Gonzalez get into all of it in Episode 3 of the Ori-gen Podcast.

durée : 00:59:15 - Chico O'Farrill - par : Alex Dutilh - À la tête de son Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, le pianiste et compositeur Arturo O'Farrill publie “Four Questions” chez Zoho Music, avec comme invité spécial le Dr. Cornel West sur le titre éponyme. - réalisé par : Fabien Fleurat

durée : 00:59:15 - Chico O'Farrill - par : Alex Dutilh - À la tête de son Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, le pianiste et compositeur Arturo O'Farrill publie “Four Questions” chez Zoho Music, avec comme invité spécial le Dr. Cornel West sur le titre éponyme. - réalisé par : Fabien Fleurat

Alexa Tarantino is an award-winning jazz saxophonist, woodwind doubler, composer, and educator. She performs and tours regularly as a leader and sidewoman in a wide variety of ensembles and genres including Wynton Marsalis & The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Cécile McLorin Salvant's OGRESSE, Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Sherrie Maricle & the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, LSAT, and the Alexa Tarantino QuartetAlexa is an artist on the Posi-Tone Records label. Which released her debut record Winds of Change, in May 2019Tarantino is currently on faculty for Jazz at Lincoln Center's Youth Programs and previously served as Jazz Saxophone Instructor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. She holds a master's degree in Jazz Studies from The Juilliard School and bachelor's degrees in Jazz Saxophone Performance and Music Education from the Eastman School of Music. Tarantino travelsacross the globe as a guest clinician and adjudicator, and is the Founder and Director of the Rockport Jazz Workshop.https://alexatarantino.com/

How’s it going everybody. Today I’m bringing you my conversation with saxophonist and educator Chad LB. Originally from upstate New York, Chad has played and toured with a wide variety of artists, ranging from Taylor Swift, Arturo O’Farril, Clarence Penn, Chris Botti and many more. Besides being an active performer, Chad is also a visiting artist at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the co-founder of Jazz Lesson Videos. We discuss his early musical history, his thoughts on social media and self-promotion, the biggest weaknesses he sees in younger players, and much more. For more episodes please visit berniesbootlegs.comFind Chad:https://www.chadlb.comhttps://www.instagram.com/chadlbsax/Find Bernie:https://instagram.com/berniesbootlegs/https://twitter.com/berniesbootlegshttp://youtube.com/berniesbootlegs1About Chad, courtesy of chadlb.com:"Hailed as a "sax phenom" by The New York Daily News, Chad Lefkowitz-Brown is one of the first prominent jazz musicians to emerge out of the millennial generation. He has toured globally as a soloist, and with numerous jazz artists and pop icons ranging from Arturo O’Farrill to Taylor Swift. Chad is also a member of the multi-Grammy award winning Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, and he is on faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory as a visiting artist. Downbeat Magazine selected his latest release, “Onward” as an Editor’s Pick for 2017, commending his “technical abilities that mask the difficulty of his wondrously intricate lines."A native of Elmira, New York, Chad established himself as a jazz prodigy at age 11, performing throughout New York State under the mentorship of local jazz hero, George Reed, who was known for backing legends like Teddy Wilson, Buddy Tate, and Marian McPartland.Chad went on to pursue a formal education in the arts at the Brubeck Institute, a prestigious fellowship program created by jazz legend Dave Brubeck. While studying at the institute, he performed regularly with Brubeck and was a member of the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet.Chad received many accolades during his scholastic career, including 15 DownBeat Magazine Student Music Awards for categories such as "Best Jazz Soloist" and "Best Original Song."Since graduating from the Brubeck Institute, Chad has performed throughout four continents, and has appeared at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Super Bowl, and Madison Square Garden. His debut album, Imagery Manifesto, was named “Debut Album of the Year” by jazz critic and author, Doug Ramsey, and his most recent recording as a leader, “Onward,” features jazz legend, Randy Brecker."Support the show (http://berniesbootlegs.com/support)

28 year old percussionist Jonathan Gomez was born in Bogota, Colombia. There is no question as to why he has been able to take traditional Colombian music to popular venues around the US. His musical career began at the age of 5 at “Orquesta Sinfonica Juvenil de Colombia” then continued at the “Pontificia Universidad Javeriana” where he gained a better understanding of world music.He has performed in renown festivals such as Globalfest, Music of Colors (Detroit) and SXSW (Austin, TX) among others. He has also participated in the first Colombian musical presented at the Lincoln Center, “La Mas Grande Historia Jamas Cantada” and earned a Grammy Award with the Arturo O’farrill & his Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. Jonathan has an extensive career in the salsa scene in Colombia as part of “La Real Charanga”, recording two productions and taking first place in “Salsa al Parque” and "Jazz al Parque”. He has had the opportunity of playing and recording with many well-known artists such as Luisito Carrión, Luis Felipe Gonzalez, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Kader Japonaise & Shwekey to name a few. Jonathan currently resides in New York City.

Looking back on the midterm elections, we ask the tough questions about white women voters and race, then get introduced to the hi-pinky salute across the border. We meet the co-founders of SURJ, Showing up for Racial Justice, and speak with Grammy Award Winner Arturo O'Farrill. Music spotlight “Line in the Sand” from “Fandango at the Wall: A Soundtrack for the United States, Mexico and Beyond” by Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. Support theLFShow, 10 Years of Making Power Through Media!

The latest album from O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra is a collaboration with Mexican son jarocho musicians.

Chief Ayanda Clarke is an African American master percussionist, GRAMMY® Award-winning musician, arts educator, and lecturer. He’s been performing professionally since he was five and has performed or shared the stage with some of the world’s most revered percussionists and most loved artists, including the late Randy Weston, George Clinton, Erykah Badu, M’bemba Bangoura, and Somi. A glance at some of his performing credits in the United States include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration at Madison Square Garden, The Late Show with David Letterman, Good Morning America, America’s Got Talent, the U.S. Open, Sesame Street, and many other places. He’s also recorded and licensed music that has been featured on FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance. In 2014, Chief Ayanda was a featured percussionist on the title track of Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra’s major work, The Offense of the Drum. The project won a GRAMMY® Award that year: Best Latin Jazz Album. His talents have led him to perform or record with Chief Bey, Orlando Rios, Randy Weston, Batoto Yetu, The Amistad Project, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Forces of Nature, Asase Yaa African American Dance Theater, pop artist Jewel, and many others. A business owner who is passionate about community wellness and development, Chief Ayanda founded THE FADARA GROUP LLC. By intertwining music, culture, and spirituality, the business organization serves the wholistic needs of its constituents. Through Palms Down, a percussion ensemble, he’s performed and co-produced music that was licensed for Elysium, the feature film starring Matt Damon and Jodi Foster. In 2016, sponsored by his mentor Chief Agbongbon Fakayode Faniyi, Ayanda Clarke was installed as a chief in Osogbo (Nigeria), presented as Chief Ayanda Ifadara Clarke, Ajibilu Awo of Osogbo.

Tonight on APEX Express join the PowerLeeGirls Miko Lee and Jalena Keane-Lee as talk about safe spaces. We discuss sanctuary cities and healthy work environments for nail salon workers. And we riff on Asian Americans in the news. We speak with the video artist Solitaire Miguel about the H.O.L.Y. (Hate Often Loves You) CITY production that is opening tonight. Click here for more info to see it through this weekend. We also chat with Julia Liou, Executive Director of California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative. May 12th – Arturo O'Farrill's Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at the UC Theatre. Tickets here.  It's a benefit concert for KPFA and DACA support services. If we sell this show out KPFA will cut ONE DAY off the Summer Fund drive. The post Tonight on Apex Express Creating Safe Spaces appeared first on KPFA.

March 26, 2015 By Sophie Maricq and Rob Hochschild The New York-based Gregorio Uribe Big Band is a 16-piece orchestra that blends cumbia and other Colombian rhythms with the powerful sound and arrangements of a high-intensity large ensemble. Led by Colombia-born vocalist and accordionist Gregorio Uribe, the band held a monthly residency for four years at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, and has performed at the Kennedy Center, Iridium Jazz Club, and Celebrate Brooklyn Festival, in addition to other leading venues. After spending his teenage years in his hometown of Bogotá, Colombia, Uribe eventually moved to Boston, enrolled at Berklee, and graduated with a degree in music in 2008. Uribe has been an artist-in-residence at Dartmouth College and a commissioned composer for Grammy-winning Arturo O'Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, and has performed with Carlos Vives and Rubén Blades, among others. He was recently named by the government of Colombia as one of the "100 Most Successful Colombians Abroad." In 2015, the band will release its debut album, a collection of songs that promises to be both danceable and sophisticated, approximating the experience of seeing the band live. The track featured in this episode of Sounds of Berklee, "Caribe Contigo," featured on was MTV’s Tr3s for four weeks in the United States and England. The Gregorio Uribe Big Band performs at Berklee in the NPR live concert program, The Checkout—Live at Berklee, on April 1, 2015.

March 26, 2015 By Sophie Maricq and Rob Hochschild The New York-based Gregorio Uribe Big Band is a 16-piece orchestra that blends cumbia and other Colombian rhythms with the powerful sound and arrangements of a high-intensity large ensemble. Led by Colombia-born vocalist and accordionist Gregorio Uribe, the band held a monthly residency for four years at Zinc Bar in Greenwich Village, and has performed at the Kennedy Center, Iridium Jazz Club, and Celebrate Brooklyn Festival, in addition to other leading venues. After spending his teenage years in his hometown of Bogotá, Colombia, Uribe eventually moved to Boston, enrolled at Berklee, and graduated with a degree in music in 2008. Uribe has been an artist-in-residence at Dartmouth College and a commissioned composer for Grammy-winning Arturo O'Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, and has performed with Carlos Vives and Rubén Blades, among others. He was recently named by the government of Colombia as one of the "100 Most Successful Colombians Abroad." In 2015, the band will release its debut album, a collection of songs that promises to be both danceable and sophisticated, approximating the experience of seeing the band live. The track featured in this episode of Sounds of Berklee, "Caribe Contigo," featured on was MTV’s Tr3s for four weeks in the United States and England. The Gregorio Uribe Big Band performs at Berklee in the NPR live concert program, The Checkout—Live at Berklee, on April 1, 2015.

Puntata speciale dedicata alla cinquantasettesima edizione dei Grammy Awards: da Wayne Shorter, vincitore di un meritatissimo Lifetime Achievemente Award, al pianista messicano Arturo O’Farrill, che con la sua Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra si è aggiudicato il Grammy per il Best Latin Jazz Album. Ma ci sono anche Jason Moran, Robert Glasper, e soprattutto Chick Corea, […]