Musik / jazz

Virtual Birdland


Anmeldelser (3)


All about jazz

d. 12. maj 2021

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Jack Bowers

d. 12. maj 2021

"What has emerged from their diligence is an album whose earnestness and elation are palpable, and whose group dynamic is seamless, a testament to the superior musicianship of O'Farrill and his colleagues. It's an album that also touches a lot of bases, from Cuba to Morocco and beyond, embracing Brazilian and even Kuwaiti themes while employing Afro-Cuban rhythms, the samba, rhumba, bomba jazz and American swing to press home its point".


Latin Jazz Network

d. 21. juni 2021

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Raul da Gama

d. 21. juni 2021

"Knowing the arduous process of putting Virtual Birdland together and now listening to this music you will be amazed at how musicians so far apart could be "on the same page" musically, and expressively while maintaining requisite tension and release as if they were in a single space. This is no gimmick. The musicians have, indeed deeply interiorized Mr. O'Farrill's vision and artistry and interpreted his music with eloquent idiomatic grace".


DownBeat

2021 September

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Scott Yanow

2021 September

"To celebrate the first anniversary of the "ALJA Digital Village" program, 10 compositions taken from more than 50 online concerts by the Arturo O'Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra have been released as Virtual Birdland. To the band's great credit, the music sounds like it was recorded live rather than remotely".