Comments on: Yet Another Jazz Vinyl Porpourri

By: ceedee

ceedee — Mon, 12 May 2014 14:19:25 +0000

Chico O’Farrill was a mush respected composer and arranger whose work was appreciated-and will be appreciated-by all lovers of great music. His work on Impulse(Nine Flags,Spanish Rice)is far less representative than his music on the Clef,Norgran,Verve imprints. His son,pianist Arturo O’Farrill, has a number of releases that showcase his powerful Afrocuban and jazz “Big Band” lineage(try the cd “Song For Chico”-dedicated to his father- from 2008,for starters).

By: Earl

Earl — Mon, 12 May 2014 14:03:13 +0000

Rudolf;
De gustibus, of course

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Mon, 12 May 2014 06:33:39 +0000

Earl: it is matter of taste and appreciation. I never was into the latin thing. The best one in the genre being (for me at least) “Caribé” on New Jazz, with Dolphy.

By: Earl

Earl — Sun, 11 May 2014 20:28:14 +0000

I think you may be putting Chico O’Farill down a bit more than he deserves – he has been involved in some of the most notable latin jazz of the early bop years – he composed the entire Machito album (Clef 689) featuring Bird, which, whatever you may think of it, is classic Latin Jazz – when he returned to the field after 1990, Billboard said the following: “The return of veteran composer/arranger Chico O’Farrill should earn an enthusiastic welcome for devotees of swinging, straight-ahead Latin jazz.”

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Sun, 11 May 2014 16:08:55 +0000

GtF: I remember having seen the Terry album in the bins, but was never tempted to listen to it (was not aware of CO’F on this one).

By: Gregory the Fish

Gregory the Fish — Sun, 11 May 2014 14:21:41 +0000

rudolf:

he did some interesting stuff on impulse. namely the “nine flags” promo album and “spanish rice” with clark terry. i like them both, even if they aren’t the most creative stuff.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Sun, 11 May 2014 11:22:36 +0000

Joe L:
posting: this happened to me a couple of days ago.
Interesting find. Chico O’Farrill is definitely no jazz musician, although he recorded some tracks with Bird, entitled “South of the Border” or something like that.

By: Joe L

Joe L — Sat, 10 May 2014 22:53:52 +0000

Test? I have tried to post twice today about 10″ dancer labels. Perhaps this one will post successfully. An auction search turned up two Chico O’Farrill 10″s with the green dancer label. I am not familiar with those records, but they do exist, it appears.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Sat, 10 May 2014 20:00:18 +0000

Earl: this link gives a lot of random information. It is not awful.
To be sure I checked my 1027 copy: definitely a yellow trumpeter label, not a yellow dancer label. So, there are not only green dancer labels, but also yellow. The topic becomes more and more intersting every day!

By: Joe L

Joe L — Sat, 10 May 2014 19:25:34 +0000

(Tried to post this earlier – my apologies if it appears twice). Earl and Rudolf – I have never seen these in person (and had no knowledge of them prior to our current conversation), but there appear to be at least two !0?s with the green dancers:
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http://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/290840436794/CHICO_OFARRILLMAMBO_DANCE_SESSIONorig_mono_Norgran_10_LP_MGN27_DG
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http://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/221085182277/CHICO_OFARRILLS_LATINO_DANCE_SESSIONorig_mono_Norgran_10_LP_MGN28_DG