A longtime soloist for Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, and Harry Belafonte, Arturo has led the ensemble (rechristened the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra) since 1995, performing worldwide and earning two Grammy® awards.
With ideological and economic isolation implemented amid the Cold War, Cuba has often seemed farther than 90 miles from the U.S. But Cuban culture flourished stateside nevertheless, especially in its influence on American jazz. Cubop began when conga legend Chano...