Congratulations, Arturo Sandoval Arturo Sandoval on your THE BILLBOARD INTERVIEW 40rí' Career Anniversary. Continued f ion( page 51 Now you find all kinds of mixes in the L 4rturo, music. May your musical journey Yes. Today, it's become a term you have to accept, and I've accepted it because the circuit has expanded. But You are an inspiration to many continue for many more there's also a bit of confusion. I go to many jazz festivals where orchestras are billed as Latin jazz simply because years to come. they're Latin. But there's no one in the orchestra who knows bebop or can improvise. They play salsa. And that You are the best musician we know doesn't educate people, and it doesn't help them learn Your friend, Avel. the difference between styles. Many people claim to play Latin jazz, and they don't know who Bud Powell or We are proud to call you our friend Thelonious Monk was. When you were given the ASCAP Founders Award this summer, why did you choose to play the piano that evening and not the trumpet? Congratulations, I've played a lot of music, and I've written a lot of music. And I feel the ASCAP award was given to the com- poser and not the trumpet player. It's like the Grammys, Lissette & Willy Chirino which I greatly value. But this Emmy for composition has a N'ery special place for me . I know you write everything at the piano. Was your training in piano equally rigorous Avel A. Gonzalez as in trumpet? Certified Public Accountant Not at all. Piano came much later. One day, I read a jazz history book where Miles Davis asked Dizzy Gille- 2688 S.W. 137" Avenue Miami, FL 33175 spie for Dizzy Ph (305) 221 -3633 Fax (305) 220 -2721 advise and said, "Lets go work at the piano." And Miles said, "I don't play the piano." And MON E Dizzy said, "Go learn how to play a little, and then come back, and we'll be able to understand each other." I read that, and the next day I was obsessed with the piano. It's A.S. On Record: A Sandoval Discography 1978 TURI, Egrem Arturo, To a 1983 Finland Station (with Dizzy Gillespie), Pablo Records 1984 Breaking the Sound Barrier. Chicago Caribbean Art 1985 Arturo Sandoval and His Group with Dizzy Gillespie (at Live Latin Jazz Festival) Havana, Cuba, Egrem 1985 Arturo Sandoval and His Group, Egrem Your Artistry and 1986 Tumbaito. Mesidor 1986 No Problem, Ronnie Scott's Jazz House 1987 Arturo Sandoval Plays for the Pandas, Cocoral Records 1987 Populares con Arturo Sandoval (Venezuela), Leon Records Friendship are "Un Tesoro." 1987 Just Music, Ronnie Scott's Jazz House 1987 Arturo Sandoval En Concierto Vol. 1, Egrem 1987 Arturo Sandoval En Concierto Vol. 2, Egrem 1988 Arturo Sandoval (Songs From Europe), Corcoral Records 1988 Straight Ahead (Arturo Sandoval/Chucho Valdez), Ronnie Scott's Jazz House 1988 Arturo Sandoval & J. Prats (classical ), Egrem Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen 1989 Arturo Sandoval (classical), Egrem 1991 Flight to Freedom, GRP Records 1992 I Remember Clifford, GRP Records 1993 Dream Come True, GRP Records 1994 Danzón, GRP Records 1994 Arturo Sandoval -The Classical Album, GRP Records piedmont 1994 Cubano, Sonydisc 1995 Arturo Sandoval & the Latin Train, GRP Records 1996 Swingin', GRP Records 1997 Best of Arturo Sandoval, Milan Music 1998 Hot House, N21( Encoded Music r11/40477 1999 Americana, N -Coded Music SOUNDTRACKS 1990 Arturo Sandoval: "El Señor Cornetín" (Cuban Documentary) 1991 Mambo Kings 1993 GUANO (cartoon series in France) Congratulations to Arturo Sandoval 1994 The Perez Family 1997 Mr. Wrong 1998 Eight Heads in a Duffle Bag on 40 years of an astonishing career. 1998 Knockout 1999 Row Your Boat 1999 Random Hearts 2000 For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story 2000 Cool Women Series (AMC Romance Classics) Artistic Director Between 1973 and 1981, Sandoval recorded 13 albums with Grammy- ROBERT SIMON winning group Irakere, of which he was a founding member. Winston Salem North Carolina 60 BILLBOARD SALUTE BILLBOARD NOVEMBER 17, 2001 www.americanradiohistory.com.