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Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra + Vnote Ensemble at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival at Yerba Buena Gardens
Courtesy of Marshall Lamm | Posted on April 7, 2017
Where
Yerba Buena Gardens
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
760 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA
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When
Sun, May 7, 2017
1:00 pm
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Musicians
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
The Grammy-award winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), led by pianist, composer, and director Arturo O’Farrill, kicks off the Festival on Sunday, May 7 at 1:00pm. The ALJO brings together the drama of big band jazz, the culture of Latin music, and the virtuosity of eighteen of the world’s most accomplished solo musicians. Twelve years of critically acclaimed performances internationally have firmly established the ALJO as the standard-bearer for creative interpretation of Latin jazz greats such as Tito Puente, Frank “Machito” Grillo, and Chico O’Farrill, as well as the driving force behind new commissions from Latin music’s most talented composers and arrangers...