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[Chico O'Farrill, conductor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] – Historic Photograph Print

[Chico O'Farrill, conductor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [ca. 1950] — historic photograph
[Chico O'Farrill, conductor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [ca. 1950]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [Chico O'Farrill, conductor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Chico O'Farrill, conductor, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

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Here the Cuban-born bandleader Chico O'Farrill faces the camera squarely, his head and shoulders filling a plain portrait. Born in Havana in 1921, O'Farrill moved to New York in the late 1940s and became one of the key arrangers linking Cuban rhythms with American big-band jazz, writing charts for players such as Dizzy Gillespie. Around 1950, when this picture was made, he was building a reputation as a composer and conductor. The frontal pose and direct gaze suit a musician whose work centered on shaping the sound of a full ensemble.

Created / published[ca. 1950]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1950.Photographic prints 1950.
SubjectsO'Farrill, Chico,--1921-2001.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,260 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-178746

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