Arturo Sandoval

Known for SoundBorn 1949-11-06 (age 76)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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Marilyn and I

Brownie Speaks

A Night In Havana: Dizzy Gillespie In Cuba

The Grammys

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

Richard Jewell

Keep On Keepin' On

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Mule

Rango

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Ride Along 2

At Middleton

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

The Lone Ranger

1000 to 1

Big Trouble

The Perez Family

I'm in Love with a Church Girl

A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra Streisand

Underdog Kids

Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!

The Neon Highway

Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl

Arturo Sandoval - Jazzopen Stuttgart 2023

Cosmo Life

Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story

Lo + plus

Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall