FamiliaA Tribute to Bebo & Chico
Arturo O'Farrill and Chucho Valdes
Motema Music (MTM0229)
Disc 1: Featuring the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
- BeboChicoChuchoTuro
- Three Revolutions
- Ecuacion
- Tema de Bebo
- Pianitis
- Father, Mothers, Sons, Daughters
Disc 2: Featuring the Third Generations Ensemble
- Run And Jump
- Recuerdo
- Gonki Gonki
- Pura Emocion
- Para Chico
- Con Poco Coco
- Raja Ram
Arturo O’Farrill and Chucho Valdés – piano
The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra:
Arturo O’Farrill – piano & musical director
Reeds: Bobby Porcelli, David DeJesus, Ivan Renta, Chad Lefkowitz-Brown, Larry Bustamente
Trumpets: Seneca Black, Jim Seeley, Bryan Davis, Jonathan Powell
Trombones: Kajiwara Tokunori, Rafi Malkiel, Frank Cohen, Earl McIntyre
Gregg August – bass
Vince Cherico – drums
Carlos Maldonado – percussion, bongo
Tony Rosa – percussion, congas
Third Generations Ensemble:
Adam O’Farrill – trumpet
Zack O’Farrill, Jessie Valdés – drums
Leyanis Valdés – piano
Jesus Ricardo Anduz, Kali Rodriguez-Pena – trumpet
Bam Bam Rodriguez – bass
Ernesto C. Vega – clarinet
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown – tenor saxophone
Larry Bustamente – bass clarinet
Frank Cohen – trombone
Carlos Maldonado – percussion, bongo
Special Guests:
Christopher Sanchez – percussion
Anoushka Shankar – sitar
Recorded January 30 to February 1, 2017 at Systems Two Recording Studios, Brooklyn, New York
Executive Producer: Kabir Sehgal
Producers: Kabir Sehgal, Arturo O’Farrill
Familia: Tribute to Bebo & Chico brings together two of the influential families in Afro-Cuban music in a celebration of their late patriarchs: pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader Bebo Valdés and composer, arranger and bandleader “Chico” O´Farrill
It’s a multi-generational tribute led by Arturo O´Farrill and Chucho Valdés — their sons, major figures in their own right — but also featuring the next generation, including pianist Leyanis Valdés, drummer Jessie Valdés, trumpeter Adam O´Farrill and drummer Zack O´Farrill.
In keeping with the theme of Familia, sitarist Anoushka Shankar, daughter of the great Ravi Shankar, is featured playing “Raja Ram,” a piece by executive and artistic producer Kabir Sehgal, inspired by memories of his father.