Arturo O'Farrill
Familia Affair: Tribute to Bebo & Chico
Album · Jazz · 2017
Pianists Arturo O’Farrill and Chucho Valdés, sons of iconic Cuban musicians Chico O’Farrill and Bebo Valdés, gather under one roof and bring their formidable talents to bear on Familia: Tribute to Bebo & Chico. Half the program features O’Farrill’s august working ensemble, The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra; the rest belongs to the more streamlined Third Generations Ensemble, cooking on modernist, complex material such as “Gonki Gonki”. Not just sons but grandsons also appear: Trumpeter Adam O’Farrill and drummers Zack O’Farrill and Jessie Valdés make sparks fly.