ARTURO SANDOVAL
Já comentei aqui no blog que sou amigo de PAQUITO D´RIVERA que, além do músico genial, é uma pessoa encantadora: transborda afeto e carinho pelos amigos. Sua atenção para com qualquer interlocutor é tão cativante que este se rende imediatamente e se transforma num amigo desde sempre, embora o tenha conhecido há apenas cinco minutos. Até hoje Paquito contesta e combate a ditadura cubana e, na prática, presta ajuda material a todos os que conseguem fugir de Cuba. ARTURO SANDOVAL, como músico é tão grande e talentoso quanto Paquito. (A contragosto, sou obrigado a admitir que, talvez, esteja mais próximo da genialidade que Paquito.) Mas suas qualidades, como
pessoa - pelo menos o lado que eu conheço e não gosto - terminam aí. ARTURO é arrogante, narcisista, antipático, "se acha" muito maior do que é, embora seja enorme. Seu caráter é duvidoso. Sua - segundo ele, pragmática - adesão ao regime de Fidel Castro não me convence. Afinal de contas Paquito e muitos outros músicos estavam no mesmo barco e não cederam às pressões do regime. Mas Arturo pagou um preço alto pela leviandade e foi difícil conseguir abrigo nos USA. Grande parte (talvez tudo) do que é hoje, Arturo deve a DIZZY GILLESPIE, seu herói. Em relação a Dizzy, a atitude de Arturo é irrepreensível: nunca fui a um concerto dele nem ouvi uma
gravação na qual ele não tenha incluído uma música em homenagem ao seu benfeitor. Quem não conhece sua história e por ela se interessar, deve assistir ao filme, cuja trilha sonora estou postando, agora. Afortunadamente, a música não tem nada a ver com o (mau) caráter de Arturo Sandoval e se rende, agradecida e submissa, ao seu enorme talento. Um destaque final: o galã, destruidor de corações femininos, protótipo do "latin lover", ANDY GARCIA, além de grande ator é um excelente percussionista e, tal como Paquito D´Rivera, possui um caráter à prova de bala e um coração enorme. Foi ele o idealizador e responsável pelo filme, no qual interpreta o papel de Arturo Sandoval.
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FOR LOVE OR COUNTRY - THE ARTURO SANDOVAL HISTORY
Perhaps the most tangible symbol of Mr. Sandoval´s unique status - and continuing run of good fortune - is the release of the Joseph Sargent-directed HBO feature film For Love Or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story. The few films that have been produced about musicians - Bird, the story of bebop saxophonist Charlie Parker, and The Glenn Miller Story are two examples - usually came to life long after the death of their subjects. In Sandoval's case,
as his hectic touring schedule and mounting list of accomplishments reflect, the propitious event comes at the peak of his career. As might be expected in a film set in the late 20th century whose protagonist is a Cuban, there's more to For Love Or Country than music. The story line is built around the harrowing drama of Sandoval's day-to-day life in Cuba, where every attempt was made by the government to ensure that the country's most high-profile
contemporary musician would not be allowed even the slightest chance to escape from what Fidel Castro's detractors still call a "tropical Gulag." After an Irakere colleague, saxophonist
Paquito D'Rivera, managed to defect in 1979 while on a concert tour overseas, Cuban officials became even more obsessed with preventing Sandoval's flight to freedom. The film celebrates Sandoval's musicianship and explores his close association with Dizzy
Gillespie (portrayed by Charles S. Dutton). But it's the trying artistic and personal circumstances of the trumpeter's life in Cuba and years of plotting how to defect with his wife in tow that provide the compelling reasons for the film's existence. The production is also a tale of romance with a wholly Cuban twist: While Sandoval is staunchly opposed to the Castro regime, his wife, Marianela, is a loyal government employee, dedicated to the island
country's Communist system. For Love Or Country couldn't come at a better time for Miami's Cuban-American community. The virulently anti-Castro Cuban expatriates took a beating in the court of public opinion during the unfolding story of Elián González. When the Cuban lad was snatched in a raid by U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service officers from the home of his Little Havana relatives and handed over to his father for eventual return to Cuba, much of Miami's Cuban-American population seemed to many people as strident, unreasonable, and living in the Cold War past.
Nonetheless, For Love Or Country seems a tailor-made piece of propaganda for those in Miami and elsewhere who continue to long for Castro's demise, although it was well in development long before young Elián showed up in U.S. waters off the Florida coast. And it brings together some of the strongest and loudest anti-Castro voices in the United States today - actor Andy Garcia, who produced the film and stars in the title role, and singer Gloria Estefan, who is featured in a supporting role. But Sandoval deflects questions about Elián and the political dimensions of the film as adroitly as he knocks off a double high C on the trumpet. "To tell you the truth," he says in resonant, measured tones, pausing for effect, "I prefer to talk about music."
Toward that end, his passions are easily stirred. For instance, he hates hearing music terms thrown around indiscriminately. "Don't call it 'salsa' - it's Cuban music," he advises adamantly. He explains that "salsa" is nothing more than a generic, commercial term invented by promoters in New York City in the 1970s to describe Afro-Cuban tropical dance music. "We don't give any credit to that name [salsa]. It's either mambo, or cha-cha, or danzón, or guaracha, or ..."
(By Mark Holston, JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc.)
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ALBUM - COMENTARIO
La banda sonora a Para Amor o País: Arturo Sandoval la Historia, la biografía novelada HBO original Andy García estrellado, presenta un corte transversal(una muestra) de la carrera de la leyenda de trompeta de nuestros días. Varias grabaciones históricamente cruciales de antes de 1990 de Sandoval la defección es incluida - mancha(descubre) con Irakere y las Naciones Unidas de Gillespie Mareado la Orquesta, el éste de cual unió Sandoval con una
influencia primaria. Mientras no la mejor introducción total a la música de Sandoval, Para el Amor o el País es un sumamente istenable el dechado y van a sin duda el período el apetito del oyente para más.
(Steve Huey, All Music Guide)
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ARTURO SANDOVAL: FOR LOVE OR COUNTRY (The Arturo Sandoval Story)
PERSONNEL:
* Ramon Stagnaro * Guitarra
* Carlos del Puertorriqueño * Bajo
* Jerry Hay * Trompeta
* Dizzy Gillespie y las Naciones Unidas Orquesta * Ejecutante
* Eliseo Grenet * Ejecutante
* Armando Romeu * Arreglista
* Ernesto Simpson * Disposiciones de Tambor(Bidón)
* Luis Grinan-Camacho * Ejecutante
* Cantar Mi Trompeta Querida * Ejecutante
* Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna * Ejecutante
* Ed Calle * Arreglista, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
* Luis Conte * Conga
* Andy García * Percusión, Productor, Bongos
* Gary Grant * Trompeta
* Dan Higgins * Sax (Alto)
* Carlos Loper * Trombón (Tenor)
* Irakere * Ejecutante
* Arturo Sandoval * Trompeta, Productor
TRACKS/FAIXAS:
01 - Manteca
02 - The Man I Love
03 - Iya
04 - Canta Trompeta Querida
05 - Marianella
06 - A Night in Tunisia
07 - Blues for Diz
08 - Quimbombo
09 - Waheera
10 - Take the 'A' Train
11 - Negrita, Drume
12 - Guantanamera
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