Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
A night of nostalgia, mambo, and cha-cha on Miami Beach!
October 21, 2023 at 08:00 PM
Miami Beach Bandshell
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Get ready for an electrifying evening of music that will transport you back in time and celebrate the monumental moments when jazz met the rhythms of Cuba and changed the face of modern music forever! Multi-GRAMMY Award-winner Arturo O’Farrill and his 20-piece Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra bring that classic Cuban big band sound to the Miami Beach Bandshell for an unforgettable night revisiting acclaimed compositions including “The Manteca Suite,” and “AfroCuban Jazz Suite” as well as new arrangements by an array of today’s most distinguished Latin artists. Special guest artists Dayme Arocena, Aymee Nuviola and Telmary.
“Leader of the first family of Afro-Cuban jazz”
— The New York Times
About Arturo O’Farrill (Click to expand)
GRAMMY®-award winning pianist, composer and educator Arturo O’ Farrill was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. Arturo’s professional career began with the Carla Bley Band and continued as a solo performer with a wide spectrum of artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis, and Harry Belafonte.
In 2007, he founded the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the performance, education, and preservation of Afro Latin music. An avid supporter of all the arts, Arturo has performed with Ballet Hispanico, Ron Brown’s EVIDENCE Dance company, and the Malpaso Dance Company, for whom he has written several ballets.
Arturo’s well-reviewed and highly praised “Afro-Latin Jazz Suite” from the album CUBA: The Conversation Continues (Motéma) took the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition as well as the 2016 Latin Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Recording. In addition, his composition “Three Revolutions” from the album Familia-Tribute to Chico and Bebo also received the Best Instrumental Composition Grammy in 2018. Arturo’s 2020 album, “Four Questions” won yet another Grammy award in 2021. Most recently, in February of 2023, Arturo was awarded his eighth Grammy for the album “Fandango at the Wall in New York.”
Arturo is Professor of Global Jazz Studies and Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has been honored as a Steinway Artist for many years, and is a Blue Note Records Recording Artist.
Dayme Arocena
Award-winning Afro-Cuban jazz singer Dayme Arocena draws inspiration from the intertwining musical legacies of her native Cuba. A singer, composer and choir director, she’s a bright-shining performer carrying the flame for a new generation of Cuban musicians. Born and raised in Havana, her conservatoire musical training at the conservatory Amadeo Roldan, was combined with an upbringing grounded in Cuba’s own musical foundations. Her 2015 debut LP, Nueva Era was listed on National Public Radio’s (NPR) list of 50 favorite albums of 2015. That same year, she was GRAMMY Award nominated and a Juno Award winner for Best Jazz Album, as a member of the all-female jazz collective “Maqueque”. Arocena’s 2019 “Sonocardiogram” was among four finalists for the British Critics’ Awards. “Songlines 2020”, is described for Arocena as a personal journey through her own feelings and life experiences..In 2021 she became the youngest Latin-American musician invited to complete the “Signature Artist” program of the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Arocena is currently working on her next album with multi-GRAMMY winner Boricua producer Eduardo Cabra.
Aymee Nuviola
Like the music from her native island of Cuba, Multi-Grammy© Winner singer, musician, songwriter and actress AYMÉE NUVIOLA “La Sonera del Mundo”, embodies a magical blend of musical genres. Born in Havana, Cuba, into a family of musicians, some of her earliest memories are of the piano, working through melodies between lessons. In 2021, she was selected by People en Español magazine as one of the 25 most powerful Latina women in the United States and was also selected by Hola magazine as a “Latina 100 Top Powerhouse 2021”. Known as “La Sonera Del Mundo”, Aymée, is one of the founders of the “Timba” genre and is the first female in the world to lead a “Timba” band. Aymée was the first Latin American to sing in a special segment showcasing and highlighting the historically underrepresented Tropical genre on the 64th GRAMMY Awards telecast 2022, and is honored to be a Governor of the Florida Chapter of the GRAMMY® Recording Academy. In addition to Aymee’s musical accomplishments, she was honored to have portrayed the iconic Celia Cruz in the telenovela Celia, which aired worldwide.
Telmary
Telmary is a Cuban rapper, musician, and spoken word artist, combining musical genres and tearing down cultural barriers, while connecting people from different backgrounds. Telmary uses her distinctive voice, at times deep and soulful, at times fast and aggressive to proclaim a positive, empowering message, while addressing issues such as Cuban daily life, the status of women, and the historical origins of Cuba. Telmary has refined a technique that enables her to use her voice as a communication instrument while acting as a percussive element, adapting to different genres, styles and tempos. Among the recognition she has received, in 2001, Telmary was nominated for a Latin GRAMMY award “Best Rap/Hip Hop Album” for “X More’” by X Alfonso, and in 2008, she won a Juno award 2008 for “Best Contemporary Album” for “Embracing Voices” by Jane Bunnett. In addition, Telmary is an accomplished educator who has presented her work and perspectives at music festivals, literary and journalistic gatherings, and universities.
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