For those of you who have
HBO, Arturo Sandoval might be the character of a new original movie. However, Arturo Sandoval is more than just a character, he is a great
Latin Jazz trumpet player and band leader.
HBO released a new original movie called, "For Love Of Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story." This followed the professional life of Sandoval and his eventual defection from Cuba. The movie showed how much Sandoval hated the Cuban regime and loved jazz. The former is immaterial, the latter is the important thing to me.
Arturo Sandoval brough jazz to Cuba. He toured around the world. After his defection, he continued to play. I saw a broadcast of him playing in Boston over the fourth of July. He is a great Latin jazz trumpet player, but he doesn't play just Latin songs. He plays anything jazz and plays it with such skill and feeling that I think he is one of the jazz legends of the new age.