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Paquito D'Rivera
Paquito D'Rivera
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Chucho Valdés
Chucho Valdés
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Giovanni Hidalgo
Giovanni Hidalgo
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Michael Philip Mossman
Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
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Wayne Bergeron
Wayne Bergeron
American musician
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Hilario Durán
Hilario Durán
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Ernie Watts
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
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Horacio Hernandez
Horacio Hernandez
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Don Grusin
Don Grusin
American musician
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Juan Pablo Torres
Juan Pablo Torres
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Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
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Mario Rivera
Mario Rivera
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Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Dennis Mackrel
Dennis Mackrel
jazz musician
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Arturo O'Farrill
Arturo O'Farrill
Cuban-American musician
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Jerry Gonzalez
Jerry Gonzalez
American musician
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Tom Scott
Tom Scott
American jazz musician
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Chuck Domanico
Chuck Domanico
American musician
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Tim Landers
Tim Landers
American musician
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Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis
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Eddie Daniels
Eddie Daniels
American musician
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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
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Robby Ameen
Robby Ameen
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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John Patitucci
John Patitucci
American jazz bassist and composer
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Dennis Budimir
Dennis Budimir
American musician
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Larry Rosen
Larry Rosen
American music producer, entrepreneur
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Chico O'Farrill
Chico O'Farrill
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Phil Woods
Phil Woods
American saxophonist
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Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Gregg Field
Gregg Field
American music producer and musician
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Richard Bona
Richard Bona
Cameroon-American jazz bassist and musician
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Claudio Roditi
Claudio Roditi
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Will Lee
Will Lee
American bass guitarist
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Harvey Mason
Harvey Mason
American drummer
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Poncho Sanchez
Poncho Sanchez
American musician
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Cyro Baptista
Cyro Baptista
Brazilian musician
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Kenny Kirkland
Kenny Kirkland
American musician
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Charnett Moffett
Charnett Moffett
American musician
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Pekka Sarmanto
Pekka Sarmanto
Finnish musician
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Mercer Ellington
Mercer Ellington
American musician
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Omara Portuondo
Omara Portuondo
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Woody Herman
Woody Herman
American recording artist, clarinetist, band leader
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Rob Mounsey
Rob Mounsey
American musician, composer, and arranger
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Luis Bonilla
Luis Bonilla
American musician
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Eric Gale
Eric Gale
American musician
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Don Menza
Don Menza
American saxophonist
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Gary Burton
Gary Burton
American vibraphonist
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Marvin Stamm
Marvin Stamm
American trumpeter
52
Gary Smulyan
Gary Smulyan
Jazz baritone saxophonist
53
Michel Camilo
Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
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Dave Taylor
Dave Taylor
American musician
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Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour
American jazz guitarist, session musician, and composer
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Shelly Berg
Shelly Berg
American musician
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Herb Ellis
Herb Ellis
American jazz guitarist
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Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti
American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger (1928-2008)
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Bob Berg
Bob Berg
American musician
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Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr
Sayyd Abdul Al-Khabyyr
musician
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Machito
Machito
Latin jazz musician
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Bob Mintzer
Bob Mintzer
jazz musician
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Shirley Horn
Shirley Horn
American singer
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer

Arturo Sandoval

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Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
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Awards Received
Presidential Medal of Freedom
American Book Awards
Sandoval playing the timbales

Arturo Sandoval is a Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist, 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. 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 Grammy Awards, Billboard Awards and one Emmy Award. He performed at the White House and at the Super Bowl (1995)