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Arturo Sandoval

1949 - Today

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Arturo Sandoval (born November 6, 1949) is a Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist, timbalero, and composer. While living in his native Cuba, Sandoval was influenced by jazz musicians Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1977 he met Gillespie, who became his friend and mentor and helped him defect from Cuba while on tour with the United Nations Orchestra. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arturo Sandoval has received more than 652,029 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Arturo Sandoval is the 834th most popular musician (up from 856th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 76th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Cuban Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Arturo Sandoval ranks 834 out of 3,175. Before him are Milt Jackson, Adrien-François Servais, Dorival Caymmi, Mischa Elman, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, and Peter Winter. After him are Robert Casadesus, Mulatu Astatke, Abdullah Ibrahim, Jorge Bolet, Mike Porcaro, and Juan Luis Guerra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Arturo Sandoval ranks 263. Before him are Jean Petit, Henning Jensen, Nancy Meyers, Tony Cragg, Flora Brovina, and Lawrence Kasdan. After him are Hennie Kuiper, Herman Rarebell, Bertalan Farkas, Michael Brecker, Ivan Patzaichin, and Bernhard Cullmann.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Arturo Sandoval ranks 68 out of 300. Before him are Celia Sánchez (1920), Chucho Valdés (1941), Leonardo Padura Fuentes (1955), José Lezama Lima (1910), Mario García Menocal (1866), and Chelo Alonso (1933). After him are Jorge Bolet (1914), Frank País (1934), Manuel Marrero Cruz (1963), Alberto Bayo (1892), Eliades Ochoa (1946), and José Nápoles (1940).

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Among MUSICIANS In Cuba

Among musicians born in Cuba, Arturo Sandoval ranks 6. Before him are Compay Segundo (1907), Carlos Puebla (1917), Bebo Valdés (1918), Rubén González (1919), and Chucho Valdés (1941). After him are Jorge Bolet (1914), Eliades Ochoa (1946), Dave Lombardo (1965), Pío Leyva (1917), Paquito D'Rivera (1948), and Rudy Sarzo (1950).

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