Arturo Sandoval | Kennedy Center Honors

The 47th Annual Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC
December 8, 2024

00:00 Video montage* (Arturo Sandoval's biography)
02:52 Introduction (hosted by Andy Garcia)
05:18 Bacalao Con Pan (All-Star Tribute Band)
09:03 Smile (Chris Botti)
12:00 Spoken-word tribute (Debbie Allen)
13:13 A Mis Abuelos - To My Grandparents (Timo Nuñez, Yasser Tejeda & Ella Bric with All-Star Tribute Band)

*narrated by Wynton Marsalis

PERSONNEL
Pedrito Martínez – vocals, percussion
Yasser Tejeda – guitar
José Sibaja – trumpet
Randy Brecker – trumpet
Trombone Shorty – trombone
Chucho Valdés – piano
Cimafunk – vocals
Rubén Rodríguez
Chris Botti – trumpet
Timo Nuñez – flamenco dance
Ella Bric – trumpet

Arturo Sandoval (born November 6, 1949 | Artemisa, Cuba) is a Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist, timbalero, and composer. While living in his native Cuba, Sandoval was influenced by jazz musicians Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1977 he met Gillespie, who became his friend and mentor and helped him defect from Cuba while on tour with the United Nations Orchestra.

In 1964, Sandoval enrolled at the Cuban National School of Arts where he took classical trumpet lessons for three years, and earned a place in the country's all-star national band. He helped establish the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, which became the band Irakerein 1973. He toured worldwide with his own group in 1981.

Sandoval became an American naturalized citizen in 1998. His life was the subject of the film For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) starring Andy García.

Sandoval has won 10 Grammy Awards, Billboard Awards and one Emmy Award. He performed at the White House and at the Super Bowl (1995)

Sandoval's score for a film about his life won an Emmy Award. His compositions and performances can be heard on The Mambo Kings, which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1992 for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television.

His song "A Mis Abuelos" (To My Grandparents) received Grammy Award nominations for Best Instrumental Composition and Best Arrangement. This composition appeared on his Grammy-winning album Danzon.

On November 20, 2013, President Barack Obama presented Sandoval with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Sandoval was a 2024 recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors.

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