Sunday, 12 October 2008 Auturo O’Farril Auturo O Farrill will perform at Yoshi s in Oakland on Friday, October 17th through Sunday, October 19th. Jim Seeley, Ruben Rodriguez, Luis Bonilla, Vince Cherico, Joe Gonzalez, and Ivan Renta will be erforming with perform with O Farrill. Arturo O Farrill was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. Educated at the Manhattan School of Music and the Brooklyn College Conservatory, Arturo played piano with the Carla Bley Big Band from 1979 through 1983.

He then went on to develop as a solo performer with a wide spectrum of artists including Wynton Marsalis, Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Turre, Papo Vazquez, The Fort Apache Band, Lester Bowie, and Harry Belafonte. In 1995, Arturo agreed to direct the band that preserved much of his father s music, Chico O Farrill s Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra, which has been in residence at New York City s Birdland for the past few years as well as performing throughout the world.

Besides recording three albums as a leader for Milestone Records, 32 Jazz, and M I ( Bloodlines , A Night in Tunisia , and Cumana Bop ), Arturo has appeared on numerous records including Habanera with Alberto Shiroma, and the soundtrack to the critically-acclaimed movie Calle 54 .

Arturo was a special guest soloist at three landmark Jazz at Lincoln Center concerts Afro-Cuban Jazz: Chico O Farrill s Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, November 1995; Con Alma: The Latin Tinge in Big Band Jazz, September 1998; and the 2001 Jazz at Lincoln Center Gala: The Spirit of Tito Puente, November 2001.