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Arturo Sandoval
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Arturo Sandoval, born on 6 November 1949 in Artemisa, Cuba, is a trumpeter, pianist, composer and jazz musician. He also plays voice, flugelhorn and trombone, and performs in the genres of jazz and Latin jazz. Sandoval has recorded for GRP Records and has worked at Florida International University and Whitworth University. He began his career in 1977 and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and an American Book Award, and is recognised in the Presidential Medal Of Freedom collection.
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Artemisa, Cuba
Arturo Sandoval is a Cuban American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer. 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…
Known for
- Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl — Self2024
- Arturo Sandoval - Jazzopen Stuttgart 2023 — Self2023
- Cosmo Life — Self2021
- Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story — Self2020
- Marilyn and I — Self2019
- Keep On Keepin' On — Self2014
- Brownie Speaks — Self2014
- Dr John . feat.Arturo Sandoval & Sarah Morrow -Live At Avio Session Basel — trumpet2014
- A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand — Self - Performer2011
- Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar! — Self2004
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1949
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- 137,653
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- 1,116,354
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Arturo Sandoval (November 6, 1949 - ) is a Cuban-American jazz and classical trumpeter. Granted political asylum in July 1990 and US citizenship in 1999, Sandoval and his family now call Miami, Florida home. A protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small town in the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, just two years after Gillespie became the first musician to bring Latin influences into American Jazz. Sandoval began studying classical trumpet at the age
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arturo
- Family name
- Sandoval
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Artemisa
- Occupation
- percussionist
- Employer
- Whitworth University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- Latin jazz
- Instrument
- percussion instrument
- Record label
- GRP Records
- Image
- Arturo Sandoval photo.jpg
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- Arturo Sandoval
- date of birth
- 1949-11-06
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- social media followers
- 34181
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