Album · 2021
Tracklist
1. Gulab Jamon (Arturo O’Farrill) 7:11
2. Pouvoir (Malika Zarra) 6:46
3. Desert (Rafi Malkiel) 6:31
4. Nightfall (Larry Willis) 7:40
5. Ana Mashoof (Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi) 8:12
6. Samba For Carmen (Paquito D'rivera) 5:11
7. Lafia (Letieres Leite) 7:35
8. En La Oscuridad (Rafael Solano Sanchez) 3:47
9. Cimarron (Papo Vazquez) 8:02
10. Para Los Rumberos (Tito Puente) 7:20
Line-up/Musicians
Arturo O’Farrill piano, conductor
Special Guests
Malika Zarra voice (2)
Gili Sharett bassoon (3)
Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi guitar and voice (5)
Boom Diwan:
Sulaiman Mayouf Mejally, Abdulaziz Al-Hamli, Abdulwahab Al-Hamli, Khaled Bunashi, Ghanem Salem percussion (5)
Paquito D’Rivera alto saxophone (6)
Richard Miller guitar (6)
Everton Isidoro cuica, pandeiro, caxixi (6, 7)
Gustavo Di Dalva atabaque (7)
Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Saxophones
Alejandro Aviles alto, flute (1, 5), soprano (4, 5)
Adison Evans alto, all tracks except 3, 7, flute (5, 6);
Roman Filiu alto (3)
Ivan Renta tenor, soprano (9)
Jasper Dutz tenor, all tracks except 6, 7, 10, clarinet (2, 3, 5)
Jeremy Powell tenor (6, 7)
Livio Almeida tenor (10)
Larry Bustamante baritone , bass clarinet (2, 3, 5)
Trumpets
Seneca Black (1, 3, 7, 9)
Bryan Davis
Adam O’Farrill
Walter Cano (2, 9, 10), flugelhorn (4)
Rachel Therrien all except 9, flugelhorn (5)
Kai Sandoval (6, 8)
Trombones
Rafi Malkiel euphonium (3)
Mariel Bildsten all tracks except 6
Abdulrahmen Amer all tracks except 8
Xito Lovell (6)
Ben Barnett (8)
Earl Mcintyre all except 6, 8, bass trombone, tuba (3, 7)
James Rogers bass trombone (6, 8, 9)
Rhythm Section
Arturo O’Farrill piano
Bam Bam Rodriguez upright bass, electric bass (1, 2, 5, 6); karkabas (3)
Vince Cherico drums
Keisel Jimenez conga drums
Carly Maldonado bongo drums, bell, guiro; cajon (2), doumbek (3, 4); timbales (10)
About this release
Zoho ZM 202105 (US)
Recorded online between April through October 2020 around the world from New York, New Jersey, California, Puerto Rico, Quebec, Brazil, Peru, Spain, Switzerland, France, UK, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait.
Thanks to snobb for the addition and js for the updates