Event Listing - Music
Sat Nov 1, 2008

26th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival

ARTURO SANDOVAL


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$25 - $65
Tickets
Box Office: (866) 920-5299

Location
Date and Time
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94102 map
cross street: McAllister
district: Civic Center

Sat Nov 1, 2008 (8:00pm)

Description
Like his mentor Dizzy Gillespie, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval is equally gifted as a performer and entertainer. His Grammy-winning discography contains work as a founding member of the Cuban supergroup Irakere, classical recordings, and the score for the HBO biopic of his life and defection from Cuba, For Love or Country. He’s taken full advantage of America’s opportunities, recording a remarkable string of albums exploring various aspects of Cuban music, modern jazz and his singular synthesis of the two traditions. He’s also a talented pianist, skilled percussionist, and enthusiastic singer known for crooning a standard or two.