Latin Jazz and Art Festival

Jazz trumpet sensation Arturo Sandoval returns to Casselberry on Sept. 30, 2017 to perform at the free Latin Jazz & Art Festival at Lake Concord Park located at 95 Triplet Lake Drive in Casselberry. Sponsored by the City of Casselberry and El Sentinel, this concert event from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. will entice all jazz lovers to come and enjoy a spectacular evening highlighted by the award-winning trumpeter, who previously appeared here in 2011. Arturo Sandoval began playing trumpet with street musicians as a 12-year-old boy in Cuba. In 1989, after touring with his friend and mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, Sandoval was invited by Gillespie to be a part of the United Nations Orchestra. During a tour with this group, Sandoval visited the American Embassy in Rome to defect from Cuba. He became an American citizen on December 7, 1998, and was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. Sandoval's song "A Mis Abuelos" received Grammy Award nominations for Best Instrumental Composition and Best Arrangement. This composition was featured on his Grammy-winning album, Danzon. Other highlights from Sandoval's discography featuring his compositions include Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You), Live at the Blue Note, Rumba Palace (Grammy 2007), and Hot House (Grammy 1998).