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Chico O'Farrill
real name Arturo O'Farrill
Havana, Cuba
Chico O'Farrill is credited on 655 releases across 159 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
655
Credits
159
Albums
8
Decades active
84
In collections
Biography
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Cuban-born composer and arranger, born 28 October 1921, in Havana, Cuba and died 27 June 2001, in New York City, New York USA. Father of Arturo O'Farrill.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
655 releases · 159 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 1,132
- Other credits · 72
- Production · 12
Studios: Generation Sound Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Abbey Road Studios · A&R Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Black Tie White Noise
1993

Afro
1954
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Brilliant Adventure [1992-2001]
2021

Sentimental Journey
1970

Uno Dos Tres 1•2•3
1966

Broadway Basie's...Way
1966

Along Comes Cal
1967

The Best Of Dizzy Gillespie
1980

Afro-Cuban Jazz
1977

The Sugar Man
1975

Blue Notables Vol. 5 : Bands On The Run - All Time Big Band Classics
1996

Cuban Blues: The Chico O'Farrill Sessions
1996

Afro-Cuba (The Jazz Roots Of Cuban Rhythm)
1995

One Night In Washington
1983

Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata
1974

Basie's In The Bag
1967

Something New (The Tijuana Brass Hits)
1966

Basie's Beatle Bag
1966

El Sonido Nuevo
1966

Spanish Rice
1966

Innovations In Modern Music, Volume One
1950

Priceless Jazz Collection
1997

Mucho Macho
1978
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