Arturo Sandoval
Known for SoundBorn 1949-11-06Artemisa, 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 defected while touring with Gillespie in 1990, and he became a naturalized citizen in 1998.
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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.
Known for
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
2024 · as Self
Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!
2004 · as Self
Cosmo Life
2021 · as Self
Marilyn and I
2019 · as Self
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
2000 · as Funcionario
Keep On Keepin' On
2014 · as Self
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand
2011 · as Self - Performer
Dr John . feat.Arturo Sandoval & Sarah Morrow -Live At Avio Session Basel
2014 · as trumpet
Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story
2020 · as Self
Brownie Speaks
2014 · as Self
Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
1989 · as Self - Trumpets, Fluglehorn
A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba
1989 · as Self - Trumpet
Arturo Sandoval - Jazzopen Stuttgart 2023
2023 · as Self