O’Farrill is an introspective player whose solos insinuate themselves to listeners. His new album proves he’s as adept at matching wits with his peers and elders as he is nurturing his protégés.
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This is FRESH AIR. Trumpeter and composer Adam O’Farrill has a special set of bloodlines. His father is composer, pianist and impresario Arturo O’Farrill, and his mother is concert pianist and educator Alison Deane. And that’s not all. His grandfather is Afro Cuban jazz pioneer Chico O’Farrill. Adam went into
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