“In his hometown on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, it was “practically impossible” to get a hold of an instrument.
“Although music entered my life when I was 10,” Arturo Sandoval said in an email, “it wasn’t the easiest of starts.”
More than 50 years later, Sandoval has evolved into a well acknowledged guardian of jazz trumpet and flugelhorn — with appearances at the Oscars, Grammy Awards and Billboard Awards — and his most recent stop is the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Jazz in June concert series.
At 10 years old, Sandoval’s aunt brought him a small horn.“
