Join me for the Aug. 10, 2020, edition of After Hours on KCAW Raven Radio as I’m joined in conversation with Cuban-born trumpet player Arturo Sandoval.

Arturo is one of the most dynamic and vivacious live performers of our time, and has been seen by millions at the Oscars, at the Grammy Awards, and the Billboard Awards. Sandoval is a protégé of legendary jazz trumpet player Dizzy Gillespie. He began studying classical trumpet at the age of twelve, but it didn’t take him long to catch the excitement of the jazz world. He has since evolved into one of the world’s most acknowledged guardians of jazz trumpet and flugelhorn, as well as a renowned classical artist, pianist and composer.

He has been awarded 10 Grammy Awards, and nominated 19 times and he also has received six Billboard Awards and an Emmy Award. The latter award was for his composing work on the entire underscore of the HBO movie based on his life, “For Love or Country,” that starred Andy Garcia as Sandoval. He was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 by Barack Obama.

Click this link to listen to the After Hours show featuring Arturo Sandoval, originally broadcast on Aug. 10, 2020. Click here to visit Arturo’s personal website.