The Heart of a Legend

The Heart of a Legend Artist: Chico O'Farrill
Label: Milestone
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 025218929929
EAN: 0025218929929
ASIN: B00000K0XU


Release Date: 1999-08-24

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Tracks:

  1. Guaguasi
  2. Momentum
  3. La Verde Campina
  4. Sing Your Blues Away (For Neca)
  5. Guaguasi Abstracto
  6. Trumpet Fantasy (For Wynton)
  7. Chico's Cha Cha Cha
  8. Te Quiero
  9. Manteca
  10. Locos De La Habana
  11. Sin Tu Amor
  12. Pure Emotion
  13. Fin De Siglo
  14. The Journey

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  4. Original Mambo Kings
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Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Not the tribute Chico deserves.......2000-02-22

This disc is patently inferior to Chico's earlier recordings -- be sure to check the Verve anthology, "Cuban Blues," for Chico and his own bands at their best. "The Original Mambo Kings" is another terrific starting point -- several of the most important pieces that he composed for Machito's Afro-Cubans can be found there, including "The Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite" and the famous Cubop standard, "Gone City."

5 out of 5 stars LATIN JAZZ AT IT'S BEST.......2000-01-19

I can not get tired of listen to this CD. Excellent production and top guest artists such as Paquito D'Rivera, Arturo Savoval, Cachao. This should have been nominated for this year Grammy. Great piano work by Arturo O'Farrill.

5 out of 5 stars A great legend in afro-cuban jazz.......1999-11-07

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.

5 out of 5 stars A great legend in Afro-Cuban Jazz.......1999-11-07

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.

5 out of 5 stars A great legend in Afro-Cuban Jazz.......1999-11-07

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.

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