Like his famous father before him, Arturo O'Farrill's name has long been synonymous with Afro-Latin jazz. But as both a performer and a listener, this Grammy Award-winning composer, pianist and band leader knows few boundaries.

"Music is a continual movement, and the lines between jazz and Latin jazz, and polka and hip-hop, are just a gradation or a series of demarcation points," said O'Farrill, whose seven-man band opens the La Jolla Music Society's 2012 Latin Jazz Concert Series. The group performs Friday at the Birch North Park Theatre.