Arturo Sandoval on escaping Cuba, jazz and being honored by Kennedy Center

[@shasha-muse6054]

Bravo!!! Very well done. I met Dizzy Gillespie back in 1980 when he was visiting radio station WRVR in New York which was next door to my high school" Greater New York Academy ", I told my friend, hey thats Dizzy Gallespie and she said "who is he"? When he heard her, he smiled...put his finger over his lips and blew as if blowing into a trumpet and his cheeks filled with air. She laughed and said " oh, he's Dizzy Gillespie? I've seen him before but didn't know his name. He was so tickled and we all laughed. He seemed to have a great sense of humor. He signed my art sketch pad (which my husband mistakenly threw out while cleaning out the attic)🤬🤬🤬 Even though the book is gone, the memory of that day will be with me always. I was 18 then and 62 now but I love to tell that story often. I am forever grateful for that encounter!!! My husband and I love Arturo Sandoval and have many of his works on CD. This was a great interview, I wish it was longer. Stories like these are great to see. Thank you for posting this. Peace and love.

[@jimcifelli1336]

Thank you! Arturo is the best.

[@tsalter11]

Thank you for your Music Much respect Sir ✊🏾

[@Cubiche047]

Amazing. As a Cuban American I'm so proud. God bless. My family left Cuba like many others due to repression of freedom of expression. Bravo Arturo!

[@Batirtze-b6x]

Enhorabuena, Sr. Sandoval!!! Congratulations, Mr. Sandoval!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🪇🪘🥁🪕🎻🪈🎹🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼

[@cherylalt101]

Wonderful interview! Thanks so much for sharing this with us. A man filled with joy and happiness and all that jazz!

[@mrwest5552]

i have not seen Arturo LIVE. i was fortunate enough to see Dizzy LIVE with his band in a little Central California venue before he passed away. that is the first time i learned how a trumpeter empties saliva from the bell. the woman, Adriana Diaz, interviewing Arturo here has great energy. Like 👍

[@DavidMiller-kf1ss]

Hugs!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@JamesVandevanter]

❤🥳🎸

[@Mihail-passenger57]

Minunat Thank you

[@menotu4870]

I hope they bring back the movie on HBO! I'd like to see it!

[@roxanne5766]

Hus version of "My Love" from A Night at Ronnie's CD is beautiful. 😊

[@cyrusacre]

Laguarapachanga!! 🎉😅

[@luistamargo3736]

Jazz is no longer illegal in Cuba. Years ago it was considered imperialist music but later it came to be regarded as the "music of the oppressed US blacks: