CUBA: NEW PERSPECTIVES

Diego Figueiredo - Photo by Joao Henrique Steffen
Diego Figueiredo – Photo by Joao Henrique Steffen

CUBA: NEW PERSPECTIVES
Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with opening act Diego Figueiredo
Friday, January 10, 2020 at 8 p.m.
Knight Concert Hall

ARTURO O’FARRILL is coming to Miami with his acclaimed Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. O’Farrill seamlessly combines the grandeur of big band jazz with the sounds of Latin music. According to The New Yorker, “Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra is one of the best jazz orchestras in existence, a powerhouse outfit!” Opening for O’FARRILL will be multi-instrumentalist DIEGO FIGUEIREDO who is a star on the rise in the guitar world.

O’FARRILL, a pianist, composer, and educator, was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. He is the founder and artistic director of the nonprofit Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance which is dedicated to the performance, education, and preservation of Afro-Latin music. His debut album with the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Una Noche Inolvidable, earned a GRAMMY® nomination in 2006 and his next album, Song for Chico, earned a GRAMMY® Award for Best Latin Jazz Album in 2009. In addition, O’FARRILL was the winner of the Latin Jazz USA Outstanding Achievement Award and a Cubadisco Award for The Offense of the Drum in 2015. O’FARRILL’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 and the 2016 Latin GRAMMY® Award for Best Latin Jazz Album. His powerful “Three Revolutions” from the album Familia-Tribute to Chico and Bebo was the
2018 GRAMMY® Award (his sixth) winner for Best Instrumental Composition.

JAZZ ROOTS 2019-2020 series subscriptions, which include tickets to all six performances, are on sale to the public beginning Thursday, April 18 at 10 am with seating priority given to renewing subscribers. Subscribers can save up to 29% with six-show packages ranging in price from $220- $724*. Subscriptions can be purchased by calling (305) 949-6722 or online at arshtcenter.org/jazz. Single tickets, if available after the subscription campaign ends, will go on sale later this summer.

JAZZ ROOTS 2019-2020 is presented by the Arsht Center with generous support from EFG Capital, Baldwin Richardson Foods, Quint Family Foundation, Steinway & Sons, the official piano of the Adrienne Arsht Center, Sterling Vineyards and EAST Miami. WLRN 91.3 and JAZZIZ Magazine are media sponsors.

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