Arturo Sandoval

Biography

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. 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

Keep On Keepin’ On

as Self

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

as Funcionario

A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand

as Self

Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!

as Self

Marilyn and I

as Self

Brownie Speaks

as Self

A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba

as Self - Trumpet

Dr John . feat.Arturo Sandoval & Sarah Morrow -Live At Avio Session Basel

as trumpet

Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall

as Self - Trumpets, Fluglehorn

Arturo Sandoval - Jazzopen Stuttgart 2023

as Self