Arturo O`Farrill

Virtual Birdland illuminates what is possible when good people come together to create meaning during an international pandemic. O'Farrill and all musicians on this CD performed remotely in their living rooms s, enriching the lives of unseen listeners. No immediate feedback, no discernible applause, just the purest form of art there is - service to others

PERSONNEL:

• Arturo O’Farrill - piano, conductor

• Special Guests
• Malika Zarra - voice (2)
• Gili Sharett - bassoon (3)
• Ghazi Faisal Al-Mulaifi - guitar and voice (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
• 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)

TRACKS:

• 01. Gulab Jamon
• 02. Pouvoir
• 03. Desert
• 04. Nightfall
• 05. Ana Mashoof
• 06. Samba For Carmen
• 07. Lafia
• 08. En La Oscuridad
• 09. Cimarron
• 10. Para Los Rumberos