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Chico O'Farrill was also one of the few Latin composers to work for "mainstream" jazz orchestras, creating classic charts for Benny Goodman and Count Basie.
O'Farrill Flies Birdland's Coop Will Friedwald 2011
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"It's impossible to run two big bands at once," Mr. O'Farrill said Wednesday in a phone interview from his home in Brooklyn.
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Mr. O'Farrill said that he will return to Birdland in the fall with other projects, even while the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra continues its residency at Symphony Space.
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After a lifetime of writing mostly for other artists, he founded the Chico O'Farrill Afro Cuban Orchestra and brought it to Birdland, although he only had five years to enjoy it before his passing in 2001.
O'Farrill Flies Birdland's Coop Will Friedwald 2011
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I will continue to play great Chico O'Farrill music, great music of that era, and will also play some of my own music, and other people's music too.
O'Farrill Flies Birdland's Coop Will Friedwald 2011
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Born in 1921 into an Irish-German-Cuban family in Havana, the elder O'Farrill whose given name was also Arturo was one of the founders of the Latin Jazz movement.
O'Farrill Flies Birdland's Coop Will Friedwald 2011
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Arturo O'Farrill, the leader of the Chico O'Farrill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra, which has been a fixture at Birdland for nearly all of the current incarnation of the famous jazz club, made the surprising announcement this week that the Orchestra is ending its residency there.
O'Farrill Flies Birdland's Coop Will Friedwald 2011
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Then again, perhaps it's not that surprising, considering that Mr. O'Farrill has for the last 10 years been directing two big bands at the same time.
O'Farrill Flies Birdland's Coop Will Friedwald 2011
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Getty Images The legendary pianist and composer Chico O'Farrill, above, passed away in 2001, leaving his renowned orchestra in the hands of his son, Arturo.
O'Farrill Flies Birdland's Coop Will Friedwald 2011
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"This is the 10th anniversary of my father's passing, and I think it's time to let go," said Arturo O'Farrill, who will lead the orchestra's final Birdland performance on June 26.
O'Farrill Flies Birdland's Coop Will Friedwald 2011
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