A protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, ARTURO SANDOVAL was born in Artemisa, a small town in the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, on November 6, 1949, just two years after Gillespie became the first musician to bring Latin influences into American Jazz. Sandoval began studying classical trumpet at the age of twelve, but it didn’t take him long to catch the excitement of the jazz world. He has since evolved into one of the world’s most acknowledged guardians of jazz trumpet and flugelhorn, as well as a renowned classical artist, pianist and composer.
Other JAS Cafe Performances
August 9 Veronica Swift with the Emmet Cohen Trio
August 16 Catherine Russell
August 17 Christian McBride & Inside Straight
August 18 Jas Academy Big Band directed by Christian McBride
