(Latin Jazz) Arturo Sandoval (feat. Dizzy Gillespie, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chucho Valdes, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, Pancho Sanchez, Oscar D'Leon, Juan Pablo Torres) - Коллекция - 1982-2010, MP3, 38 альбомов, 128-320 kbps

These are separate performances and no way related except that they were both recorded by 'yours truly' on cassette tape about 15 years ago. First re the Sandoval. New Zealand's foremost big band lead by tombonist Roger Fox held a 20th anniversary concert in 1994 at the Michael Fowler Center, Wellington. It was part of an arts festival held frequently in that city. For this concert Roger invited Arturo to come 'down under' as the band's featured guest. To his amazement Arturo accepted and the rest is history. A delayed broadcast of Arturo's performance caught me unprepared for taping, but I just managed to grab a cassette, throw it into the player and lunge at the record button. What I managed to capture is first part of the download. Thankful that the program was transmitted via an FM network. Quality's quite good -- at least on my equipment. Considering the band comprised part-time pro and amateur players, the guys excelled themselves and described the experience of accompaning Sandoval as "a bit scary but awesome". They made a huge effort and I was pretty proud of them.