Arturo Sandoval: A Master of Afro-Cuban Jazz

A protégé of Dizzy Gillespie, Arturo Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small town on 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 12, but it didn’t take him long to catch the excitement of the jazz world. He has evolved into one of the world’s most acknowledged guardians of jazz trump...