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Arturo O'Farrill

Arturo O'Farrill Valero, who goes by Arturo O'Farrill, is a Mexican Latin jazz pianist who followed his trumpeter father Chico O'Farrill as a composer, arranger and bandleader. He grew up in New York City and learned from many artists who played with his father such as Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan and Stan Getz. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music, the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College and the Aaron Copland School of Music. He performed with many jazz stars and became music director for Harry Belafonte. He had a stint with Wynton Marsalis at Jazz a...