Sandoval, Arturo / Dear Diz
Album: Dear Diz   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Sandoval, Arturo   Added:Jun 2012
Label:Concord Jazz, Inc.  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2012-06-30 Pull Date: 2012-09-02 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Sep 2 Aug 26 Aug 19 Aug 12 Aug 5 Jul 29 Jul 22 Jul 15
Airplays: 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Jul 23, 2015: Jump, Jive, & Jazz
Tin Tin Deo
4. Sep 18, 2012: Sunshine . . . in the Afternoon (end of Summer!)
Salt Peanuts (Mani Salado)
2. May 09, 2013: Rebop
And Then She Stopped, Salt Peanuts (Mani Salado)
5. Aug 31, 2012: No Cover, No Minimum
A Night In Tunisia (Actually An Entire Weekend)
3. Jan 04, 2013: No Cover, No Minimum: Top Jazz of 2012
Tin Tin Deo
6. Aug 28, 2012: Rebop
Algo Bueno (Woody And Me)

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2012-06-09
ARTURO SANDOVAL: Dear Diz
Concord, 2012

BIG BAND BEBOP – Trumpet master Sandoval pays tribute to Dizzy Gillespie with very slick but quite tasty arrangements. The big band draws from diverse and unexpected corners, from hardcore boppers to contemporary lite-jazz to Hollywood actors (Andy Garcia on bongos). Entertaining stuff, especially when all those ace soloists do their thing.

Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10

1. 8:19 – starts out light & cute, hits stride about halfway, solos burn red-hot
2. 6:48 – easy-rolling latin groove with vibes, solos take it uptempo
3. 5:18 – happy latin breeze, organ keeps a lid on, but trumpet jumps on it
4. 6:04 – low-key bluesy lope with strings, organ solo, cool trumpet
5. 7:11 – fast bebop: tenor sax conversation, jabbing trumpet, brisk riffs
6. 5:09 – airy bounce: clarinet and muted trumpet float merrily on top
7. 6:00 – just string quartet and trumpet: lush ballad treatment of “Con Alma”
8. 6:52 – really nice: rolling latin jazz, sophisticated arrangement, brief vocal
9. 6:15 – hip, finger-snapping bop stroll: horn solos go for old-school cool
10. 7:23 – strong latin groove, horns have swagger over slick band riffs
11. 4:27 – ballad: Sandoval sings! string quartet intro, switches to jazz combo

[ Fo ] - June 2012

Track Listing
1. Be Bop   6. Fiesta Mojo
2. Salt Peanuts (Mani Salado)   7. Con Alma (With Soul)
3. And Then She Stopped   8. Tin Tin Deo
4. Birks Works (Ala Mancini)   9. Algo Bueno (Woody And Me)
5. Things To Come   10. A Night In Tunisia (Actually An Entire Weekend)
  11. Every Day I Think Of You