Arturo Sandoval

USA 1982, video, col, sound, 60:00 min

realized by:

Joan Boccino

keywords:

portrait

cast&crew:

appearance:

Arturo Sandoval

production:

Video Data Bank

available copies:

Video Data Bank:

video, sound

available for rent

synopsis:

Arturo Sandoval was born in Havana, Cuba in 1949. He started playing music at age 13 in the village band, where he learned the basics of music theory and percussion. In 1964, he began three years of serious classical trumpet studies at the Cuban National School of Arts. By the age of 16, he earned a place in the country's all-star national band. Sandoval's talent has led him to associations with many great musicians, but perhaps the most important was with Dizzy Gillespie, a longtime proponent of Afro-Cuban music. His combination of Latin music and jazz has established Sandoval as a very important musical figure. He has played all over the world, and in 1990 requested political asylum while in Rome.

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