Friday, October 15, 2021 8pm
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https://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=4703“Remarkable and dynamic music that blends quintessential son jarocho songs with lush big band jazz arrangements.” Variety
Led by Grammy-winning pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill, the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra is heralded as “one of the best jazz orchestras in existence” by The New Yorker. A transnational project that prompted an album, book and documentary, Fandango at the Wall was inspired by the annual Fandango Fronterizo festival at the Tijuana-San Diego border. Joining the orchestra are the Villalobos Brothers, who masterfully fuse the richness of Mexican folk music with the intricate harmonies of jazz and classical music.