Arturo Sandoval Plays Landmark on Main Street Tonight

Landmark on Main Street presents the Jazz Great Arturo Sandoval to conclude this season's World Beat Series tonight, April 6, 2013 at 8 PM.

A protégé of the legendary jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, Sandoval was born in Artemisa, a small town in the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, on November 6, 1949, just two years after Gillespie became the first musician to bring Latin influences into American Jazz. Sandoval began studying classical trumpet at the age of twelve, but it didn't take him long to catch the excitement of the jazz world. He has since evolved into one of the world's most acknowledged guardians of jazz trumpet and flugel horn, as well as a renowned classical artist, pianist and composer.

He is one of the most dynamic and vivacious live performers of our time, and has been seen by millions at the Oscars performing with Celine Dion, at the Grammy Awards with Justin Timberlake and in his own right as a leader. He also performed at the Billboard Awards with Alicia Keys.

Sandoval has been awarded 9 Grammy Awards, and nominated 17 times; he has also received 6 Billboard Awards and an Emmy Award. The latter for his composing work on the entire underscore of the HBO movie based on his life, "For Love or Country" starring Andy Garcia. His two latest Grammy award winning albums, "Dear Diz "Everyday I think of you" and Tango "Como Yo Te Siento" are now available worldwide. Soon to be released, is a new book chronicling his relationship with Dizzy Gillespie entitled "The Man Who Saved Me."

Tickets: Premium: $55/Standard $50 with discounts for "Friends of Landmark." Tickets and information at the box office phone 516-767-6444 or www.landmarkonmainstreet.org.

Photos: Arturo Sandoval