Arturo O’Farrill

ARTURO O’FARRILL, pianist, composer, and educator, was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. He received his formal musical education at the Manhattan School of Music and the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. Arturo’s professional career began with the Carla Bley Band and continued as a solo performer with a wide spectrum of artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis, and Harry Belafonte.

O’Farrill launched ALJA to serve as a non-profit organization that could advance both the performance and educational aspects of this uniquely Pan-American art form.

After developing the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA) website in 2007, Arturo asked us to develop his site, incorporating all of this history, photos, his complete discography, and upcoming performances. Updates are made easily by his admin.