Chico O'Farrill - Heart of a Legend (1999) CD Rip

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Artist: Chico O'Farrill
Title: Heart of a Legend
Year Of Release: 1999
Label: Milestone [ MCD-9299-2]
Genre: Jazz, Latin Jazz, Afro Cuban Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log)
Total Time: 60:53
Total Size: 362 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01. Guaguasi (4:11)
02. Momentum (4:09)
03. La Verde Campina (3:51)
04. Sing Your Blues Away (For Neca) (5:45)
05. Guaguasi Abstracto (5:29)
06. Trumpet Fantasy (For Wynton) (8:28)
07. Chico's Cha Cha Cha (3:28)
08. Te Quiero (5:24)
09. Manteca (2:38)
10. Locos de la Habana (5:20)
11. Sin Tu Amor (1:58)
12. Pure Emotion (3:03)
13. Fin de Siglo (2:42)
14. The Journey (4:27)

The campaign to punch Chico O'Farrill into the general consciousness continues with what amounts to an anthology of his work, all freshly and brilliantly played by the Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band directed by his pianist son Arturo. The material on hand goes back to a 1956 cha-cha written on a plane ride to Havana, but the unifying thread is a suite from the film Guaguasi scattered in pieces throughout the album. It is an often astonishingly diverse portrait of O'Farrill, reflecting not only his percolating Afro-Cuban rhythmic base but also some of his other musical directions. There is a Basie-style big-band blues, "Sing Your Blues Away," with Freddie Cole doing a credible job as velvety blues shouter; a lightweight, fluffy thing called "Te Quiero" with flute/female choruses and a lascivious Gato Barbieri on tenor; and a recent Latin jazz suite of relatively modest proportions, "Trumpet Fantasy (For Wynton)." The best stuff comes early on: the marvelous "Theme From Guaguasi," a heartfelt Afro-Cuban workout in 6/8 time called "Momentum," which is really a renamed piece inspired by the 1962 Cuban missile crisis ("Cuban Conflagration") that was rescued from oblivion for this album. Several other famous Latin jazz names turn up in fine form: Paquito D'Rivera, Cachao, Candido, Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Carlos "Patato" Valdes, and, in a closing duet, Arturo O'Farrill and Arturo Sandoval. There are a lot of board fades on these tracks, a highly unusual practice in the '90s on a jazz album. Though not as essential as Pure Emotion, this CD confirms the continued vitality of this 77-year-old master.~Richard S. Ginell

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