The Rhythmic Spell of Chico O'Farrill & El Árabe, Héctor Hallal
  • RCA MKL-1079
    RCA MKL-1079
  • RCA Victor MIKE 70
    RCA Victor MIKE 70

Chico O'Farrill & El Arabe

The Rhythmic Spell of Chico O'Farrill & El Árabe, Héctor Hallal

Fresh Sound Records

Personnel:
Chico O'Farrill (tp, lead), Héctor Hallal 'El Arabe' (as), César Molina (tp)

Reference: FSRCD 356

Bar code: 8427328603560

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"We would like to warmly recommend this album for its intrensic importance and for the historical significiance that it will have for Latin America. If louis Armstrong lives on in the memory of his successors as the Pioneering Mind of Jazz, Chico O'Farrill and Héctor Hallal (El Arabe), can be considered without doubt the Forefathers of Jazz in Latin America."



01. Granada (Agustín Lara) 2:30
02. Stella By Starlight (Young-Washington) 2:22
03. Dream (Johnny Mercer) 3:18
04. Undecided (Charlie Shavers) 2:40
05. How Long Has This Bean Going On (George Gershwin) 3:12
06. Jungle Moon (Gilbert-Norman-Archer) 2:01
07. Around the World (Victor Young) 2:07
08. They Didn't Believe me (Jerome Kern) 2:12
09. Tuya Soy (María Alma) 2:56
10. It's Not For Me to Say (Stillman-Allen) 2:18
11. Drume Negrita (Eliseo Grenet) 2:24
12. Canto Karabali (Ernesto Lecuona) 2:09
13. Anything Goes (Cole Porter) 2:28
14. Serenade in Blue (Harry Warren) 3:02
15. Somebody Loves Me (De Sylva-Gershwin-Henderson) 1:58
16. I Had the Craziest Dream (Harry Warren) 2:52

Album details

Sources:
Tracks #1-12, originally issued as a 12-inch album in Mexico entitled
"El hechizo rítmico de Chico y el Arabe" (RCA MKL-1079)
Tracks #13-16, originally issued as a 7-inch EP in Mexico entitled
"Héctor Hallal 'El Árabe' -Anything Goes" (RCA Victor MIKE 70)

Personnel on #1-12:
Chico O'Farrill and His Orchestra
Chico O'Farrill (lead & trumpet), Héctor Hallal 'El Árabe' (alto sax), César molina (trumpet soloist on #4,5,9 & 11).
Recorded in Mexico, 1958

Personnel on #13-16:
Héctor Hallal 'El Árabe' And his Orchestra
Recorded in Mexico, 1958

Produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol

Press reviews

"Born in Cuba, Chico O'Farrill began his musical career as a trumpeter. However his writing skills were so strong that, by the time he moved to the United States in the late 1940s, he worked primarily as an arranger-composer. His exciting Afro-Cuban charts for his own groups, Machito, Benny Goodman and others were stirring, historic and innovative. In 1957 O'Farrill moved to Mexico where he carved out a career for himself during the next eight years in which he mostly did commercial work. This particular set, recorded in 1958, reissues one of his first Mexican sessions. The results are primarily melodic dance music, using cool-toned players and closer to Count Basie musically than to Dizzy Gillespie. The performances are quite concise, leaving very little room for soloing other than from altoist Hector "El Arabe" Hallal and guest trumpeter Cesar Molina. O'Farrill is also heard in brief spots on trumpet but the emphasis is on the ensembles of the mostly unidentified studio orchestra which also occasionally includes strings. The final four selections are from El Arabe's own similar orchestra during the same period. Except for the wavering soprano on "Serenade in Blue," the music overall is pleasant, pleasing and danceable without ever really catching fire."

Scott Yanow -All Music Guide

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