Arturo Sandoval

A blazing, technically flawless trumpeter from Cuba, Arturo Sandoval has been dazzling audiences all over the world with his supercharged tone and bop-flavored flurries way up in the trumpet's highest register. During his early years in the 1970s, Sandoval earned praise for his work with the innovative Afro-Cuban fusion ensemble Irakere. He even caught the attention of his idol, jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, who traveled to Cuba in 1977 and became a mentor to Sandoval. Throughout the '80s, the trumpeter toured the world until finally defecting to Florida in the '90s. Since t...