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- Date Released: February 1, 1995
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Latin Jazz
- Label: Fantasy / Milestone
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After not having led a recording session under his own name in 29 years, O'Farrill came from seemingly out of nowhere to lead a terrific Afro-Cuban big band date on this CD. O'Farrill claims that he turned down offers to lead standard seven or eight-piece salsa bands on records over the years, preferring to wait until a big band opportunity came along - and clearly, he was bursting with accumulated charts dating from the 1960s through the 1990s. Not too much has changed since O'Farrill's exciting string of albums for Clef in the 1950s; if anything, his arranging hand has become surer, more sophisticated, thoroughly in touch as ever with a wide variety of influences. Most striking of all is how O'Farrill was able to build a fire underneath the musicians in the band, which includes leaders in their own right like trombonist Robin Eubanks, conguero Jerry Gonzalez and drummer Steve Berrios, as well as Tito Puente's tenor sax/flute player Mario Rivera and O'Farrill's son Arturo Jr. on piano. The most ambitious track is also the most entertaining one, an extended 1964 O'Farrill composition called "Variations on a Well-Known Theme" ("La Cucaracha"!) that deftly welds together various big band idioms, near-parodies of Muzak and television writing, and Afro-Cuban percussion workouts. Latin jazz fans will be pulverized and delighted by this recording.
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| 01. |  |
Igor's Dream |
5:28 |
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| 02. | |
Pura Emocion |
3:02 |
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| 03. | |
Pianitis |
6:01 |
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| 04. | |
Campina |
2:32 |
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| 05. | |
Variations On A Well-Known Theme |
12:00 |
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| 06. | |
Get Me To The Church On Time |
3:36 |
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| 07. | |
En La Obscuridad |
3:48 |
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| 08. | |
Perdido |
3:56 |
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| 09. | |
Chico And The Men |
4:01 |
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| 10. | |
El Loco Blues |
5:18 |
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10 Total Tracks, 49:42 Total Length
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Credits
- Robin Eubanks - Trombone // Robin Eubanks - ? // Lenny Hambro - Clarinet // Lenny Hambro - Flute // Lenny Hambro - Sax (Alto) // Lenny Hambro - ? // Michael Mossman - Trumpet // Michael Mossman - ? // Jerry Gonzalez - Conga // Jerry Gonzalez - Conga // Jerry Gonzalez - ? // Jerry Gonzalez - ? // John Abbott - Photography // Todd Barkan - Producer // Todd Barkan - Liner Notes // Steve Berrios - Percussion // Steve Berrios - Drums // Steve Berrios - ? // Steve Berrios - Coro // Steve Berrios - Quinto // Rolando Napoleon Briceno - Clarinet // Rolando Napoleon Briceno - Flute // Rolando Napoleon Briceno - Sax (Alto) // Rolando Napoleon Briceno - ? // Pablo Calogero - Sax (Baritone) // Pablo Calogero - ? // Dan Collette - Trumpet // Dan Collette - ? // Bob Franceschini - Clarinet // Bob Franceschini - Flute // Bob Franceschini - Sax (Soprano) // Bob Franceschini - Sax (Tenor) // Bob Franceschini - ? // Andy Gonzalez - Bass // Andy Gonzalez - ? // Troy Halderson - Engineer // George Horn - Digital Mastering // Earl McIntyre - Trombone // Earl McIntyre - ? // Sharon Moe - French Horn // Sharon Moe - ? // Chico O'Farrill - Arranger // Chico O'Farrill - Arranger // Chico O'Farrill - Conductor // Chico O'Farrill - Conductor // Chico O'Farrill - Main Performer // Chico O'Farrill - Main Performer // Chico O'Farrill - ? // Chico O'Farrill - ? // Manny Oquendo - Bongos // Manny Oquendo - Bells // Manny Oquendo - ? // Tim Ouimette - Trumpet // Victor Paz - Trumpet // Victor Paz - ? // Mario Rivera - Clarinet // Mario Rivera - Flute // Mario Rivera - Sax (Soprano) // Mario Rivera - Sax (Tenor) // Mario Rivera - ? // Angel Papo Vasquez - Trombone // Angel Papo Vasquez - ? // Papo Vasquez - Trombone // Bob Blumenthal - Liner Notes // Gerald Chamberlain - Trombone // Gerald Chamberlain - ? // Elisabeth Monder - ? // Elisabeth Monder - Coro // Michael Semanick - Mixing // Phil Carroll - Art Direction // Jamie Putnam - Design // Burt Goldblatt - Cover Art // Arturo O'Farrill - Piano // Arturo O'Farrill - Piano // Arturo O'Farrill - Piano // Arturo O'Farrill - ? // Arturo O'Farrill - ? // Arturo O'Farrill - ? // Tim Quimette - ? // Jim Seeley - Trumpet // Jim Seeley - ?
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