Heart of a Legend

Chico O'Farrill | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 14, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Milestone
• ASIN: B00000K0XU
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,572 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Guaguasi

2. Momentumi

3. La Verde Campina

4. Sing Your Blues Away (For Neca)

5. Guaguasi Abstracto

6. Trumpet Fantasy

7. Chico's Cha Cha Cha

8. Te Quiero Dijiste

9. Manteca

10. Locos de la Habana

11. Sin Tu Amor

12. Pure Emotion

13. Fin de Siglo

14. The Journey

Editorial Reviews

From Jazziz

"He put the big band in clave," says producer Todd Barkan of Chico O'Farrill, the Cuban composer and conductor behind Heart of a Legend. "I would put him right there at the top of the list of modern Latin-jazz pioneers." Barkan says this new record was made, in part, to present the entire spectrum of O'Farrill's work. Naturally, it includes a version of Dizzy Gillespie's "Manteca," which O'Farrill arranged as a four-movement suite in 1954. Our featured track, "Guaguasí," is a mambo, with solos by some distinguished Latin-jazz stars: trombonist Gary Valente, trumpeter Chocolate Armenteros, and alto saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera.

--- JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great legend in Afro-Cuban Jazz, November 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Heart of a Legend (Audio CD)

In his big band historical format, Chico O'Farrill brings to the latin jazz fans -equal at the "Pure Emotion" Grammy nominated- more beatiful tracks. Guagasi is the base of two anthology themes: first, "Te quiero", is a good motive to the brightness guageo of Gato Barbieri's tenor sax; second, the beatiful balad "Sin tu Amor" with the sensual voice of Vivian Ara. In my opinion, the top moment in the Chico's music to be enough in the "Trumpet Fantasy" suite, dedicated to Wynton Marsalis, one of the more brillant music friends of that legendary director and composer in afro-cuban jazz music.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great legend in afro-cuban jazz, November 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Heart of a Legend (Audio CD)

In this big band format, Chico O'Farrill brings to his fans more beatiful tracks. "Guagasi" is the base of two anthology themes: "Te Quiero", is a good motive to the brightness solo of Gato Barbieri's tenor sax; and, the beatiful balad "Sin tu Amor" with the sensual voice of Vivian Ara. In my opinion, the top moment in this Chico's CD to be enough in the "Trumpet Fantasy" suite, dedicated to Wynton Marsalis, one of the more brillant music friends of that legendary director and composer in afro-cuban jazz music.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great legend in Afro-Cuban Jazz, November 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Heart of a Legend (Audio CD)

In his big band historical format, Chico O'Farrill brings to the latin jazz fans -equal at the "Pure Emotion" Grammy nominated- more beatiful tracks. Guagasi is the base of two anthology themes: first, "Te quiero", is a good motive to the brightness guageo of Gato Barbieri's tenor sax; second, the beatiful balad "Sin tu Amor" with the sensual voice of Vivian Ara. In my opinion, the top moment in the Chico's music to be enough in the "Trumpet Fantasy" suite, dedicated to Wynton Marsalis, one of the more brillant music friends of that legendary director and composer in afro-cuban jazz music.