Irio O’Farrill has been performing and recording in the New York City area and internationally for many years. He earned a B. A. in music from New Jersey City University and furthered his studies at Manhattan School of Music and New York University.
He has performed and toured with Juan Carlos Formell, Bobby Sanabria and Ascención, the Chico O’Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, Gary Morgan and Pan Americana, Dave Valentin, Ray Mantilla and Space Station, Daniel Ponce, Claudio Roditi, Steve Turre, Los Jovenes Del Barrio, The Dalton Gang, The Real Deal Big Band, Larry Gatlin, BeBe Winans, Laurie Beechman, Sarah Brightman and many others.
His Broadway credits include Cats, Grease, Footloose, The Rocky Horror Show, Hairspray, Brooklyn The Musical, The Wedding Singer and the Latin-Hip Hop show In The Heights. In 2006 he was part of the JCS All Star Band for Jesus Christ Superstar: Live In Concert in Hollywood, CA. Featuring Ted Neely, Yvonne Elliman, Ben Vereen, Clint Holmes and Jack Black.
Irio is a faculty member of the Bass Collective, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and Stevens Institute of Technology. He is a co-author of the recently released instructional book Afro-Caribbean & Brazilian Rhythms for the Bass, published by Carl Fischer.
Irio endorses Sadowsky Basses, BSX Bass, Dean Markley Strings and Eden Electronics amplification.
