Chico O'Farrill

Chico O'Farrill

Chico O'Farrill

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Top Songs

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Peanut Vendor [Remastered]
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Que Sera
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Joonji
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Angelitos Negros
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El Cumbanchero

Albums

  • The Sizzling Brass of Chico O'Farrill

    Aug 2023 • 13 songs

  • My Havana Special

    Aug 2021 • 12 songs

  • Bahia

    Sep 2020 • 12 songs

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Chico O'Farrill

Biography

Chico O'Farrill was right in the thick of the Afro-Cuban and Latin waves that hit jazz in the late '40s and '50s. His sophisticated writing for Latin big bands of the early '50s was often bold, brassy, and tense, yet he could also achieve a delicate, almost classical ambience in such pieces as "Angels' Flight" and work capably in larger forms (the groundbreaking "Afro-Cuban Jazz Suites"). O'Farrill took up the trumpet while in military school in Georgia, returning to Cuba as a full-fledged jazz fan after hearing the top American big bands. He studied composition in his native...
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