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Although a superstar in the jazz community, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval is a broadly celebrated performer whose titanic trumpet chops and charismatic stage presence are recognized around the globe. His life story, punctuated by his dramatic defection from Fidel Castro's Cuba, is legendary, and even resulted in the 2000 HBO film For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, starring Andy Garcia. From his early days with the innovative Afro-Latin ensemble Irakere, to his own jazz, fusion, and classical recordings, Sandoval has cultivated a wide-ranging cultural footprint, and earned the respect of music fans of disparate stylistic corners. It's with that wide, stylistic, and cultural scope that he crafted his 2018 album, Ultimate Duets. Produced by Sandoval and multi-Grammy Award-winning drummer Gregg Field, the album finds the trumpeter showcased alongside a series of high-profile guest performers from a across the music industry. Included are spots from Stevie Wonder, Alejandro Sanz, Al Jarreau, Josh Groban, and others. From his sparkling, brightly arranged cover of Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" featuring Prince Royce, to his dramatic, flamenco-tinged reading of "Granada," with Placido Domingo and Vicente Amigo, Sandoval lifts Ultimate Duets with a joyous, theatrical passion. It's also fun to hear him take on some more cheeky, pop-oriented material, as on his buoyant, Eurovision-ready rendition of ABBA's "Andante. Andante" with Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Surprisingly compelling is his album-ending match-up with the late-Cuban vocal legend Celia Cruz on "Quimbara." As Cruz passed in 2003, the track is a digital reworking of an older recording. Nonetheless, it sounds absolutely fresh, and roils with an earthy glee, as if Sandoval and Cruz were smiling at each other in the studio. Similarly engaging is the lush, gorgeously rendered Spanish classical piece "Solo Esta Soledad," featuring Groban. Cinematically arranged, it finds Sandoval answering Groban's yearning vocals with his warm, burnished trumpet lines. On Ultimate Duets, Sandoval soars, imbuing the album with all the heartfelt love and enthusiasm one feels from his live concerts.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
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Jean Rodriguez, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Alfredo Matheus Diez, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Francisco Torres, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Luna, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Prince Royce, MainArtist - Efrain Davila, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Luisito Quintero, Guiro, Timbales , Unknown, Conga, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Arturo Sandoval, Producer, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Field, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Efrain "Junito" Davila, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Raul Bier, Bongos, AssociatedPerformer - Christopher Mercedes, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gerardo "Gio" Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Driskill, Unknown, Other - Dennis Vargas, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Safir, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Phillinganes, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alejandro Sanz, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Luis Conte, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ramon Stagnaro, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J R Robinson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Rafael Padilla, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Goodwin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Arturo Sandoval, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Field, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Carlitos Del Puerto, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Lorena Gomez, Unknown, Other - Larry Safir, Producer, Executive Producer - Big Phat Band, FeaturedArtist - Victoria Cristina, Unknown, Other - Liza Aquino, Unknown, Other - Jon Julca, Unknown, Other
℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan East, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - RANDY WALDMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Stevie Wonder, Piano, Rhythm Arranger, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Merrill, ComposerLyricist - Arturo Sandoval, Producer, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Field, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Walden, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tiki Pasillas, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Safir, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Vicente Amigo, Palmas, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Reggie Hamilton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Bruce Dukov, Unknown, Other - Placido Domingo, MainArtist - Cheche Alara, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - AGUSTIN LARA, ComposerLyricist - Ramon Stagnaro, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jorge Calandrelli, Producer, Keyboards, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Arturo Sandoval, Producer, MainArtist - Gregg Field, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Larry Safir, Producer, Executive Producer - Israel "El Piraña" Suarez, Palmas, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pharrell Williams, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MICK GUZAUSKI, Additional Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Arturo Sandoval, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gregg Field, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ariana Grande, FeaturedArtist - Larry Safir, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Josh Groban, FeaturedArtist - Bruce Dukov, Unknown, Other - WALTER AFANASIEFF, ComposerLyricist - RANDY WALDMAN, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Arturo Sandoval, Producer, MainArtist - Gregg Field, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Walden, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Claudia Menkarski, ComposerLyricist - Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert, ComposerLyricist - Larry Safir, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Juan Luis Guerra, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Janina Rosado, Piano, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Goodwin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Arturo Sandoval, Producer, MainArtist - Gregg Field, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremias King, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Luis Payan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Rizek, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rafael Carrasco, Guiro, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Mojica, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Larry Safir, Producer, Executive Producer - Roger Zayas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Juan De La Cruz (Chocolate), Unknown, Other
℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Reggie Hamilton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Bruce Dukov, Unknown, Other - ROB MOUNSEY, Keyboards, Piano, Recording Arranger, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Andersson, ComposerLyricist - Bjorn Ulvaeus, ComposerLyricist - George Doering, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Arturo Sandoval, Producer, MainArtist - Gregg Field, Producer, Mixer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Anni-Frid Lyngstad, MainArtist - Larry Safir, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Reggie Hamilton, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Bruce Dukov, Unknown, Other - Cheche Alara, Keyboards, Piano, Recording Arranger, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - George Doering, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vega, ComposerLyricist - Arturo Sandoval, Producer, MainArtist - Gregg Field, Producer, Mixer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - David Bisbal, MainArtist - Larry Safir, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DAVID FOSTER, ComposerLyricist - JAY GRAYDON, ComposerLyricist - Al Jarreau, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Shelly Berg, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Arturo Sandoval, Producer, MainArtist - Gregg Field, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Kevin Axt, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Larry Safir, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Francisco Torres, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Celia Cruz, MainArtist - Arturo Sandoval, Producer, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Field, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Driskill, Unknown, Other - Larry Safir, Producer, Executive Producer - Edito Martinez, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Rios Cepeda, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Although a superstar in the jazz community, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval is a broadly celebrated performer whose titanic trumpet chops and charismatic stage presence are recognized around the globe. His life story, punctuated by his dramatic defection from Fidel Castro's Cuba, is legendary, and even resulted in the 2000 HBO film For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, starring Andy Garcia. From his early days with the innovative Afro-Latin ensemble Irakere, to his own jazz, fusion, and classical recordings, Sandoval has cultivated a wide-ranging cultural footprint, and earned the respect of music fans of disparate stylistic corners. It's with that wide, stylistic, and cultural scope that he crafted his 2018 album, Ultimate Duets. Produced by Sandoval and multi-Grammy Award-winning drummer Gregg Field, the album finds the trumpeter showcased alongside a series of high-profile guest performers from a across the music industry. Included are spots from Stevie Wonder, Alejandro Sanz, Al Jarreau, Josh Groban, and others. From his sparkling, brightly arranged cover of Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" featuring Prince Royce, to his dramatic, flamenco-tinged reading of "Granada," with Placido Domingo and Vicente Amigo, Sandoval lifts Ultimate Duets with a joyous, theatrical passion. It's also fun to hear him take on some more cheeky, pop-oriented material, as on his buoyant, Eurovision-ready rendition of ABBA's "Andante. Andante" with Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Surprisingly compelling is his album-ending match-up with the late-Cuban vocal legend Celia Cruz on "Quimbara." As Cruz passed in 2003, the track is a digital reworking of an older recording. Nonetheless, it sounds absolutely fresh, and roils with an earthy glee, as if Sandoval and Cruz were smiling at each other in the studio. Similarly engaging is the lush, gorgeously rendered Spanish classical piece "Solo Esta Soledad," featuring Groban. Cinematically arranged, it finds Sandoval answering Groban's yearning vocals with his warm, burnished trumpet lines. On Ultimate Duets, Sandoval soars, imbuing the album with all the heartfelt love and enthusiasm one feels from his live concerts.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:40
- Main artists: Arturo Sandoval
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMLE - Latino
- Genre: World
© 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2018 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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