Unique Experiences
A Night on the Town!
- Item Number
- 427
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
Item Description
VMA Artistic Director, Jeff Cummins, will treat three (3) guests to dinner in Georgetown at Pizzeria Paradiso, followed by dessert and a show at the Premiere Washington DC Jazz And Supper Club, Blues Alley. Join Jeff on Sunday, May 13th as you enjoy music from Arturo Sandaval, jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer.
Sandoval, was influenced by jazz legends Charlie Parker, Clifford Broen, and Dizzy Gillespie.Sandoval defected to the US in Spain while touring with Gillespie in 1990, and became a naturalized citizenin 1999.
He enjoys a successful recording career that extends outside of mainstream jazz. He has recorded as a sideman with Johnny Mathis, Gloria Estefan, Kenny G, Paul Anka, Frank Sinatra, and Dave Grusin. He has also played in concerts with Woody Herman, Herbie Hancock, Woody Shaw, Stan Getz, Céline Dion, Tito Puente, and recently with Alicia Keys and Justin Timberlake. In January 1995, Sandoval performed at the Super Bowl XXIX halftime show, with Patti LaBelle, Tony Bennett and the Miami Sound Machine, in a program entitled "Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye", to promote the upcoming Disney theme park attraction. In 1997, he performed with Céline Dion at the 69th Academy Awards performing the song I Finally Found Someone.
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