OBSESSION (PEDRO FLORES) BY THE FAT CATS

Описание: The Fat Cats
Live at the WNYC Jerome L. Greene Performance Space
Recorded June 25, 2019

The Fat Cats (short for the Fat Afro Latin Jazz Cats) is the collection of pre-professional youth ensembles of the non-profit Afro Latin Jazz Alliance. Founded in 2010 by ALJA’s Artistic Director, Arturo O’Farrill, in the Greenwich Village’ basement billiards and jazz club, the Fat Cats, these ensembles are made up of some of the city’s finest young musicians hailing from all over the five boroughs, forming two small ensembles and a big band. Under the direction of Director of Education Programs Zack O’Farrill, as well as Jim Seeley (trumpet soloist with the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra) and Bam Bam Rodríguez (bassist with the ALJO), the Fat Cats perform works from the Latin jazz repertory as well as standard jazz pieces.

Participation in the orchestra requires students to concentrate into musical studies, with the aim of moving further into advanced fields at specialized colleges and conservatories. Previous members have been accepted in music schools such as New England Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, McGill University and the Music Conservatory of SUNY at Purchase, New York.

The 2020-2021 season was marked by the beginning of a new partnership with Shapeshifter Lab in Brooklyn, where the Fat Cats began weekly rehearsals in October taking extensive precautions aimed enabling in-person rehearsal while preventing the spread of COVID-19. The Fat Cats have performed at venues around New York City such as the Brooklyn Museum, New York Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, the Frick Collection, the Greene Space at WNYC, Shapeshifter Lab, BRIC House, and Birdland jazz club in New York City.

Performing Artists:
The Fat Afro Latin Jazz Cats (in order of appearance):

The Combo:

Katya Naphtali- Soprano Sax
Charlie Stacey- guitar
Hannah Dunton- bass
Miles Dhalwala- drums

Directed by Bam Bam Rodriguez

Featuring:
Arturo O'Farrill- piano
Zack O'Farrill- Congas
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