Chico O'Farrill - Complete Norman Granz Recordings [New CD] Spain - Im

• INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLETThis release compiles all of the sessions the great Cuban arranger, conductor and composer Chico O’Farrill (1921-2001), issued under his own name for producer Norman Granz. Recorded between 1951 and 1954, these sides were originally issued on singles and EPs for the Clef and Norgran labels, and later compiled in different ways and reissued on LP on Verve. Many of these charts – whether for the brief, dance-oriented Latin numbers; ultra-familiar standards like “Malagueña” and “The Peanut Vendor”; or jazz tunes – are loaded with intricate figures and striking harmonies. The apotheosis of O’Farrill’s experiments are his two full-blown, groundbreaking Afro-Cuban jazz suites. The first features Flip Phillips and the redoubtable Charlie Parker as soloists within the Machito band, and the second is even bolder in its zigzag journey through the classical, Latin, and jazz camps.PERSONNEL:CHICO O’FARRIL & HIS ORCHESTRACHICO O’FARRILL, arranger & conductor plus:COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL:Roy Eldridge, Mario Bauza, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Stu Williamson, Al Porcino (tp), Eddie Bert, Fred Zito (tb), Charlie Kennedy, Lenny Hambro, Charlie Parker (as), Pete Mondello, Flip Phillips (ts), René Hernández (p),Roberto Rodríguez (b), Don Lamond (d), José Mangual (bongo) Cándido Camero (conga), among many others.Recorded in New York & Los Angeles between 1951 & 1954.TRACKS:CD ONE: TOTAL TIME: 78:13 Min01 Avocadoes02 Taboo03 Jatp Mambo04 Duerme05 Almendra06 The Disappearance07 Cuban Blues08 Sin Título09 Dance One10 Bright One11 Flamingo12 Last One13 Tierra Va Tembla14 Vamos Pa La Rumba15 Mambo Korula16 Frizilandia17 Peanut Vendor18 Ill Wind (You’re Blowin’ Me No Good)19 Malagueña20 Castígala21 The Second Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite22 Muñequita LindaCD TWO: TOTAL TIME: 79:04 Min01 Havana Special02 Carioca03 Fiesta Time04 Heat Wave05 It Ain’t Necessarily So06 Guess What07 Cry Baby Blues08 Lamento09 You Stepped Out Of A Dream10 Cachita11 Rumbonsito12 Te Quiero, Dijiste13 Siboney14 Angels’ Flight15 Tres Palabras16 No Te Importe Saber17 Vaya Con Dios18 Pianarabatibiri19 L.A. Mambo20 Quiéreme Mucho21 More Mambo22 Mambo For Bunto23 Botellero24 Afro-Cuban Jazz SuiteTOTAL TIME: 78:45 Min..