Review: Arturo Sandovel on Vocal and Trumpet performance 2013 Mahesh Balasooriya on Piano Arturo Sandoval (London Ronnie Scott's, 28th February 2013. Second night of four. Review by Sebastian Scotney) "You set me free." The final words of the title track of Arturo Sandoval's Grammy-winning album 'Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)' (Concord) express the sincere debt which the 63-year old Cuban-born feels to the man he calls "my mentor, my hero" Dizzy Gillespie. They are words which unmistakably come from very deep. It was Dizzy's inspiration which led Sandoval to defect and to make his life in the US. (That story became a feature film"For Love or Country" in 2001). But those words about where one derives freedom from also express a lot about Sandoval's art. They speak volumes of the freedom to roam through many sound worlds and instruments which informs his delightful, irresistible way of making music. His contribution to the evening goes through many instruments, some of them real -- piano, keyboard, percusson, jew's harp - and also imagined/ vocalized instruments-- trumpet with imaginary valves on the microphone, plucked and arco bass (hilarious), vast drum kit for example. He also produces an astonishing range of sounds on the trumpet, including places which Jean-Baptiste Arban can never have dreamt of: notes from somewhere way down near the bottom of the range of a tuba. Freedom is also something which Sandoval's regular touring band gives him. The combination of ...
Monday, 4 March 2013
World tour 2013, Arturo Sandoval- Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)
World tour 2013, Arturo Sandoval- Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) Video Clips. Duration : 4.98 Mins.
Review: Arturo Sandovel on Vocal and Trumpet performance 2013 Mahesh Balasooriya on Piano Arturo Sandoval (London Ronnie Scott's, 28th February 2013. Second night of four. Review by Sebastian Scotney) "You set me free." The final words of the title track of Arturo Sandoval's Grammy-winning album 'Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)' (Concord) express the sincere debt which the 63-year old Cuban-born feels to the man he calls "my mentor, my hero" Dizzy Gillespie. They are words which unmistakably come from very deep. It was Dizzy's inspiration which led Sandoval to defect and to make his life in the US. (That story became a feature film"For Love or Country" in 2001). But those words about where one derives freedom from also express a lot about Sandoval's art. They speak volumes of the freedom to roam through many sound worlds and instruments which informs his delightful, irresistible way of making music. His contribution to the evening goes through many instruments, some of them real -- piano, keyboard, percusson, jew's harp - and also imagined/ vocalized instruments-- trumpet with imaginary valves on the microphone, plucked and arco bass (hilarious), vast drum kit for example. He also produces an astonishing range of sounds on the trumpet, including places which Jean-Baptiste Arban can never have dreamt of: notes from somewhere way down near the bottom of the range of a tuba. Freedom is also something which Sandoval's regular touring band gives him. The combination of ...
Review: Arturo Sandovel on Vocal and Trumpet performance 2013 Mahesh Balasooriya on Piano Arturo Sandoval (London Ronnie Scott's, 28th February 2013. Second night of four. Review by Sebastian Scotney) "You set me free." The final words of the title track of Arturo Sandoval's Grammy-winning album 'Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You)' (Concord) express the sincere debt which the 63-year old Cuban-born feels to the man he calls "my mentor, my hero" Dizzy Gillespie. They are words which unmistakably come from very deep. It was Dizzy's inspiration which led Sandoval to defect and to make his life in the US. (That story became a feature film"For Love or Country" in 2001). But those words about where one derives freedom from also express a lot about Sandoval's art. They speak volumes of the freedom to roam through many sound worlds and instruments which informs his delightful, irresistible way of making music. His contribution to the evening goes through many instruments, some of them real -- piano, keyboard, percusson, jew's harp - and also imagined/ vocalized instruments-- trumpet with imaginary valves on the microphone, plucked and arco bass (hilarious), vast drum kit for example. He also produces an astonishing range of sounds on the trumpet, including places which Jean-Baptiste Arban can never have dreamt of: notes from somewhere way down near the bottom of the range of a tuba. Freedom is also something which Sandoval's regular touring band gives him. The combination of ...
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