Arturo Sandoval

Arturo Sandoval ( born November 6, 1949 in Artemisa, Cuba ) is an American jazz and fusion musicians of Cuban origin ( trumpet, flugelhorn player, pianist, keyboardist and percussionist ).

Life and work

The son of a car mechanic at the age of twelve years of lessons on trumpet; at 15 he began studying at the National School of the Arts ( Escuela Nacional de Arte ) in Havana, where he graduated in 1967. Sandoval initially aspired to a career in the field of classical music concert, where he performed with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Leningrad Symphony Orchestra and was the recognition of colleagues like Maurice André and Adolph Herseth. But in 1967 he was among the founding members of the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, from which in 1973 the band Irakere developed, which he served until 1981. 1976/77 he worked with David Amram; 1977 Sandoval learned his idol Dizzy Gillespie, who became his mentor and appeared with him in concerts in Cuba. Since 1981 he has been active under his own name and played in Cuba his first records under his own name ( Turi 1981, Arturo Sandoval, 1982). He went on to successful tours with his band Cuban Jazz Masters to Europe and South America; between 1982 and 1984 Sandoval was named the best instrumentalists in Cuba. In 1986, in Madrid for the German label Messidor Latin Album Tumbaito; a live recording from Ronnie Scott 's Jazz Club in London was published under the title No problem. In London he recorded a studio album with pianist Chucho Valdés. From 1989 he played for three years in Gillespie's United Nation Orchestra.

The trumpeter made ​​no secret of the fact that he a friend of Fidel Castro and so was the recipient of privileges; He lived in a luxurious house in Havana's diplomatic district. Nevertheless, he had before each concert abroad laborious obtain exit visas [ gg 1] In July 1990, during an extended European tour, he sat down in the U.S. Embassy in Rome from. ; his friend Dizzy Gillespie helped Sandoval's family eventually to escape from Cuba. Not least because of his help gained Arturo Sandoval, 1990 in the U.S. asylum for himself and his family and settled in Miami. Since 1999 he is an American citizen. [ Ic 1]

Even before his arrival Sandoval had aroused in the United States by some Latin albums attention; 1991 this led to a recording contract with one of the major labels, in which fusion label GRP Records, on which his aptly titled Flight to Freedom album was released, the vorführte his stylistic range. He was supported, inter alia, it by Chick Corea, Danilo Perez, Anthony Jackson and Dave Weckl.

In the 1990s, he worked with his Afro-Cuban Band, with a bunch of really GRP albums. In 1991, Sandoval, inter alia, with Ernie Watts, Kenny Kirkland and Charnett Moffett, Clifford Brown Tribute album. In early 1996 was, inter alia, with Clark Terry, Michael Brecker, Mike Stern and Joey Calderazzo nostalgic album Swingin ' with bebop and hard bop reminiscences. During this time he also worked as a professor at Florida International University. In the 2000s, he moved as a pianist and keyboardist its activities on the production of smooth jazz albums for labels such as Warner Brothers and Columbia Records (My Passion for the Piano ). In 2009, he joined with the WDR Big Band Cologne as a trumpeter with the Mambo Nights program. In 2012 he was awarded for his Dizzy Gillespie tribute album Dear Diz ( Every Day I Think Of You ) ( Concord Jazz ) the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album

Throughout his career, worked Arturo Sandoval et al with Billy Cobham, Celia Cruz, Peter Erskine, Stan Getz, Dave Grusin, Herbie Hancock, Woody Herman, Michel Legrand, TS Monk, James Moody Chico O'Farrill, Bill Watrous and the composer John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra. In 1988 he was a member of George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band.

According to the judgment of Ian Carr Sandoval is an excellent virtuoso with exceptional tonal range, a brilliant - fast technology and a seemingly superhuman physical condition; but his playing was more influenced by athletic and technical performance show as a musical depth occasionally [ ic 1] The authors Richard Cook and Brian Morton problematize his frequent tendency to sensationalism. ; as Sandoval's by far the best work they denote the Clifford Brown album I Remember Clifford in 1991. [ rc 1] George Gruntz described Sandoval sound " like thunder and lightning at the same time, powerful, bright and clear. " He learned it in Cuba, so the trumpeter to Gruntz, " where he always had the first twenty years of his career must allude, without micro against a dozen percussionists. If you want to be heard because you have to play loud! ' " [ Gg 1]

Awards

Arturo Sandoval has been (2013 ) with nine Grammy Awards, won six Billboard Awards and an Emmy Award. The end of 2013 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Film biography

Life Arturo Sandoval was filmed by Andy García in 2000: For Love or Country mainly describes the political conflict, the Arturo Sandoval has been exposed.

Disco Graphical Notes

Featured Title [ rc 2] [ ic 1]

• No Problem ( Jazz House, 1986)
• Tumbaito ( Messidor / Jazz House, 1988)
• Flight to Freedom (GRP, 1991) with Chick Corea
• I Remember Clifford (GRP; 1992) with Ernie Watts, Kenny Kirkland
• Danzon (Dance On) (GRP, 1993)
• Swingin ' (GRP, 1996)