Occupation(s) Musician, composer Years active 1977–present | Name Arturo Sandoval Spouse Marianela Sandoval | |
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Genres Latin JazzAfro-CubanJazz Website www.arturosandoval.com. Movies Jam Miami: A Celebration of Latin Jazz, Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival, Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem Albums Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of, Trumpet Evolution, Live at the Blue Note, Tango Como Yo Te Siento, My Passion for the Piano Profiles | ||
Arturo sandoval there will never be another you live studio session
Arturo Sandoval (born November 6, 1949) is a Cuban American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer.
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- Arturo sandoval there will never be another you live studio session
- Arturo sandoval a night in tunisia trumpet solo and cadenza
- Career
- Movies and television
- Other work
- As leader
- As sideman
- Filmography
- References
Sandoval, while still in Cuba, was influenced by jazz musicians Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie, finally meeting Gillespie later in 1977. Gillespie became a mentor and colleague, playing with Sandoval in concerts in Europe and Cuba and later featuring him in the United Nations Orchestra. Sandoval defected while touring with Gillespie in 1990, and he became a naturalized citizen in 1998.
His life was the subject of the film For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000), starring Andy García. Sandoval has won ten Grammy Awards and been nominated nineteen times; he has also received six Billboard Awards and one Emmy Award.
On August 8, 2013, President Barack Obama announced that Sandoval would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Arturo sandoval a night in tunisia trumpet solo and cadenza
Career
As a twelve-year-old boy in Cuba, Sandoval played trumpet with street musicians. He helped establish the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, which became the band Irakere in 1973. He toured worldwide with his own group in 1981. The following year he toured with Dizzy Gillespie, who became his friend and mentor. In 1989, Gillespie invited Sandoval to be part of the United Nations Orchestra. During a tour with this group, Sandoval visited the American Embassy in Rome to defect from Cuba. He became an American citizen on December 7, 1998.
Sandoval has performed Latin jazz with Paquito D'Rivera, Tito Puente, and Chico O'Farrill, Cuban music in Miami, and classical music in England and Germany. In the 1990s, he was a member of the GRP All-Star Big Band.
Sandoval's song "A Mis Abuelos" received Grammy Award nominations for Best Instrumental Composition and Best Arrangement. This composition was featured on his Grammy-winning album, Danzon. Other highlights from Sandoval's discography featuring his compositions include Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You) (2012), Live at the Blue Note (2005), Rumba Palace (Grammy 2007), and Hot House (Grammy 1998).
Movies and television
When HBO Films developed a movie based on Arturo Sandoval's life, he was asked to score the movie, which earned him his first Emmy award. In 1996, Sandoval was commissioned by the Kennedy Center Ballet to score Pepito's Story, a ballet based on the book by Eugene Fern and choreographed by Debbie Allen. Sandoval also composed a classical trumpet concerto that he performed and recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Sandoval's compositions and performances can be heard in The Mambo Kings, which was nominated for a Grammy in 1992 for Best Instrumental Composition written for a Motion Picture or for Television.
Other work
In 2015, Arturo Sandoval joined the 14th annual Independent Music Awards judging panel to assist independent musicians' careers. He was also a judge for the 2nd, 12th and 13th Independent Music Awards.
As leader
As sideman
With Gloria Estefan
With the GRP All-Star Big Band
With Dave Grusin
With Ed Calle
With others