Arturo Sandoval All-Star Band will perform at Yoshi’s at Jack London Square in Oakland on Saturday, December 26th through Monday, December 28th with sets at 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm. Arturo Sandoval is a truly legendary trumpeter. He is known for his versatile mix of jazz, classical, and traditional Cuban music.

This new All-Star band features Arturo Sandoval on trumpet Horatio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez on drums, percussionist Giovanni ‘Mañenguito’ Hidalgo, pianist Rebeca Mauleón, Joe Cohen on saxophone and Dewayne Pate on bass. Cuban trumpet virtuoso Arturo Sandoval has won five Grammy Awards, six Billboard Awards and an Emmy Award. Rumba Palace is Sandoval’s 28th recording was awarded a Latin Grammy in the category of Best Latin Jazz Album by the Latin Recording.

Background

Arturo Sandoval was a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning group Irakere, whose explosive mixture of jazz, classical, rock and traditional Cuban music caused a sensation throughout the entertainment world. In 1981, he left Irakere to form his own band, which garnered enthusiastic praise from critics and audiences all over the world. Sandoval was voted Cuba’s Best Instrumentalist from 1982 to 1990.

Arturo Sandoval has been awarded 4 Grammy Awards, 6 Billboard Awards and an Emmy Award. The latter for his composing work on the entire underscore of the HBO movie based on his life, “For Love or Country” starring Andy Garcia. He is one of the most dynamic and vivacious live performers of our time, and has recently been seen by millions in the Grammy Awards performing with pop-phenomenon Justin Timberlake as well as on the Latin Billboard Awards with the gifted Alicia Keys, where he was awarded his 6th Billboard Awards for Best Latin Jazz Album.

Performance Details

December 26th – 28th, 2009
(8:00pm, 10:00pm)
Cover: $30

Yoshi’s Jazz Club
510 Embarcadero West
Oakland, CA
(510) 238-9200
http://www.yoshis.com

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