Career Overview
About Arturo Sandoval
NPR's 2026 interview identifies Sandoval as a Cuban trumpeter and composer whose musical development began in Artemisa and included mentorship from Dizzy Gillespie. The interview places bebop, funk, and Afro-Cuban language together in his leader work.[1]
The Recording Academy's artist ledger documents a recording arc from Irakere-associated work through Sandoval's own albums, including I Remember Clifford, Danzón, Hot House, Dear Diz, and Rhythm & Soul. NPR identifies SANGÚ as his forty-ninth album and a family-produced continuation of that catalog.[2][1]
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