{"id":206,"date":"2012-06-25T12:45:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T16:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2012-06-29T11:55:24","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T15:55:24","slug":"a-cuban-musical-journey-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/visuals\/projects\/a-cuban-musical-journey-home\/","title":{"rendered":"A Musical Journey Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"photocrati_nojava\" id=\"gal_images_206_1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_2347.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"In December of 2010 pianist, composer and band leader Arturo O'Farrill returned to Cuba with his father's orchestra for the first time\" id=\"img_206_1_1\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_2347.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_2347.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_0070.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"Chico O'Farrill, the legendary composer, left Cuba shortly after the revolution never to return. After his death Arturo made it his mission to bring his father's music back to Cuba\" id=\"img_206_1_2\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_0070.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_0070.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_0636.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"Arturo jams with music students during a master class\" id=\"img_206_1_3\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_0636.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_0636.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_1026.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"Propaganda is still widely seen on the streets of Havana\" id=\"img_206_1_4\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_1026.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_1026.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_1680.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"A member of the orchestra works with a young music student\" id=\"img_206_1_5\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_1680.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_1680.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_0767.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"The view from a small Cuban town the orchestra drove through\" id=\"img_206_1_6\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_0767.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_0767.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_0595.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"Teaching, and learning from, young Cuban musicians was a top priority for Arturo\" id=\"img_206_1_7\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_0595.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_0595.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_0843.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"The Chico O'Farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra performs at a free outdoor concert\" id=\"img_206_1_8\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_0843.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_0843.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_0817.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"Arturo's son Adam is the third generation of O'Farrills to be musicians \" id=\"img_206_1_9\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_0817.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_0817.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_2494.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"Arturo conducts his father's orchestra during a performance\" id=\"img_206_1_10\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_2494.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_2494.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_1542.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"Because of his self imposed exile Chico's music had not been widely performed in Cuba prior to this trip\" id=\"img_206_1_11\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_1542.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_1542.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_2539.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"Bassist Gregg August performs with the orchestra in Cuba\" id=\"img_206_1_12\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_2539.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_2539.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_1550.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"Arturo picks up sheet music during a performance\" id=\"img_206_1_13\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_1550.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_1550.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_2826.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"For the first time in more than fifty years Chico's name appears in light in Havana\" id=\"img_206_1_14\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_2826.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_2826.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_2638.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"Cuban Jazz legend Chucho Vald\u00e9s makes notes to his sheet music during a rehearsal with the orchestra\" id=\"img_206_1_15\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_2638.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_2638.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_2931.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"A young Cuban trumpeter prepares to play with the orchestra\" id=\"img_206_1_16\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_2931.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_2931.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_2961.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"Backstage on the last evening\" id=\"img_206_1_17\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_2961.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_2961.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/full\/Oye_Cuba_2971.jpg\" class=\"decoy\" title=\"Arturo performs his father's music at the National Theater of Cuba\" id=\"img_206_1_18\" rel=\"gallery_206_1\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.damaso.com\/photo\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-206\/thumbnails\/Oye_Cuba_2971.jpg\" alt=\"Oye_Cuba_2971.jpg\" 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