Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval credits jazz for helping him to pursue his dreams in the U.S. after defecting from Cuba.

"At the end, what we want to play was jazz," he said. How Sandoval's career unfolded A prominent figure in Sandoval's life ...

How Sandoval's career unfolded A prominent figure in Sandoval's life was John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie. On the American trumpeter's first day visiting Havana, Sandoval offered to be his chauffeur ...