Arturo Sandoval

Cuban jazz trumpet player and pianist, born November 6, 1949 in Artemisa, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba.

In 1967 he joined [a=Orquesta Cubana De Música Moderna], and in 1974 joined [a=Irakere]. In the late 1970s he played with Dizzy Gillespie. In 1981 he founded his own band.