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Arturo Sandoval at the Blue Note
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Arturo Sandoval The Blue Note New York, NY October 28, 2017 The Halloween Party crowd was out in full regalia in the Village last night, but, the real action was at Arturo Sandoval's first show at the Blue Note. The 10-time Grammy®-winning Maestro was in top form as he and his powerhouse ensemble elevated the SRO--and very admiring--crowd with an evening of hard-driving, red-line-intense Bebop. Given Dizzy Gillespie's current Centennial and having a ...
Continue ReadingArturo Sandoval At Yoshi's Oakland
by Walter Atkins
Arturo Sandoval Yoshi's OaklandOakland, CA July 28, 2017 Celebrated ten time Grammy winner and 2015 Hispanic Heritage Award Recipient Arturo Sandoval packed Yoshi's Oakland for a galvanizing weekend of Afro Cuban jazz music. His picante hot group consisted of: pianist Kemuel Roig, drummer Johnny Friday, keyboardist Dave Siegel, bassist John Belzaguy, percussionist Tiki Pasillas and special guest Carlos Reyes on violin. His crowd pleasing second session boasted “Blues in Bb" (Sandoval),"Smile," “There Will ...
Continue ReadingFestival International De Jazz De Montréal 2017: July 5-6
by Mark Sullivan
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada July 5-6, 2017 July 3-4 | July 5-6 | July 7-8 Two more days in the lovely city of Montreal, a paradise for music lovers of all sorts during the Festival. Or anyone who just loves a good street party, for that matter. Last night (Thursday) after the late show I attended the streets were still packed. July 5 John Pizzarelli Quartet ...
Continue ReadingArturo Sandoval Quintet at the Annenberg Center
by Victor L. Schermer
Arturo Sandoval Quintet Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Zellerbach Theater Philadelphia, PA November 15, 2014 The excitement about any Arturo Sandoval performance builds from the time you see his name on an events list and think of his affiliation with Dizzy Gillespie, his tenure with the group Irakere, his stunning career trajectory with ten Grammy awards, films, TV appearances, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom award, and his well-known virtuosic trumpet playing ...
Continue ReadingArturo Sandoval Live in Evanston with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra
by Thomas Carroll
Arturo Sandoval with the Chicago Jazz OrchestraPick-Staiger Concert HallNorthwestern University Soundings Spring FestivalEvanston, ILApril 7, 2012Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval says he's happy some people still listen to music made by musicians playing instruments. In an age when people can download songs for 99 cents without knowing who arranged the songs or if human musicians put work into recording the tracks, jazz musicians are fortunate people still want to listen to them perform with saxophones, ...
Continue ReadingArturo Sandoval: A Time for Love
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Years ago, on The Tonight Show, host Johnny Carson asked guest Frank Sinatra what music he enjoyed listening to when “in those romantic moments." Sinatra, to the host's surprise, said he particularly enjoyed the hearing works of Debussy, Ravel and other Impressionists and Romantics. With A Time for Love, trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval steps away from the fast, hard-swinging Afro-Cuban and bebop con fuego jazz for which he is known and delivers a 14-cut romantic love letter con alma. This ...
Continue ReadingArturo Sandoval: Rumba Palace
by Woodrow Wilkins
When Arturo Sandoval was born, jazz was relatively unknown in his native Cuba. One of the first jazz pioneers to break into that market was that bebop professor, Dizzy Gillespie. So it follows that Sandoval, who took up classical trumpet, would ultimately find inspiration from Gillespie. After several years with the Cuban group Irakere, Sandoval formed his own band and later became a member of Gillespie's ensemble. Widely respected as a jazz trumpeter, Sandoval prefers to be recognized ...
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