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Album Review

Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farrill Quintet: The Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farrill Quintet

Read "The Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farrill Quintet" reviewed by William Grim


This is a pleasant but unchallenging album by a quintet co-led by two mainstays of the Lincoln Center's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra: pianist and composer Arturo O'Farrill (son of the great composer/arranger Chico O'Farrill) and trumpeter Jim Seeley.

The music is, as one would expect, mostly Latin-based or straight-ahead. But given the pedigrees and previous accomplishments of both leaders much more was expected. One comes away from listening to this album with the feeling that one has heard it ...

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The Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farrill Quintet: The Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farrill Quintet

Read "The Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farrill Quintet" reviewed by John Kelman


Trumpeter Jim Seeley may hail from Kansas, but he's clearly got Latin in his soul, having recorded with artists including the Mambo All-Star Orchestra, Luis Bonilla and, most significantly, Chico O'Farrill. Teaming with O'Farrill's son Arturo, a pianist who has acted as musical director for his father's Afro Cuban big band both pre- and posthumously, Seeley demonstrates a cosmopolitan approach to jazz on The Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farrill Quintet , Seeley's first recording as a leader and O'Farrill's fourth. Afro Cuban ...

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Recording

The Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farill Quartet Live at the Mary Lea Johnson Performing Arts Center on April 16th, 2010.

The Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farill Quartet Live at the Mary Lea Johnson Performing Arts Center on April 16th, 2010.

Source: Two for the Show Media

Jazz at Calhoun with The Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farill Quartet Friday - April 16, 2010 7:00 PM

Mary Lea Johnson Performing Arts Center 433 W End Ave. New York, NY 10024 @ 81st St. The 2009-10 Calhoun Performing Arts Series presents Jazz at Calhoun with The Jim Seeley/ Arturo O'Farill Quartet Tickets: $5/students & senior citizens; $10/adults JIM SEELEY (trumpet/flugelhorn, composer/arranger) studied at Berklee College of Music. He has toured, recorded and/or performed with Ray Charles, Chucho Valdes, The ...

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Performance / Tour

Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farril Zoho Music CD Release Party Fri. Jan. 7th at Cornelia Street Cafe 9 & 10:30PM

Jim Seeley/Arturo O'Farril Zoho Music CD Release Party Fri.  Jan. 7th at  Cornelia Street Cafe 9 & 10:30PM

Source: All About Jazz

December 30, 2004 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street Greenwich Village, NY 10014 Tel: 212-989-9319 Fax: 212-243-4207 Web: corneliastreetcafe.com “a culinary as well as a cultural landmark" Mayoral Proclamation, City of New York1987 Fri Jan 7th RECORD RELEASE PARTY FOR ZOHO RECORDS JIM SEELEY/ARTURO O'FARRIL QUINTET (Jm Seeley, trumpet & flugelhorn; Arturo O'Farril, piano; Jed Levy, tenor saxophone; Andy Gonzalez, bass; Phoenix Rivera, drums & percussion) Sets at 9:00PM ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

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Mullsoul Music Records
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