Recording Arturo Sandoval's Trumpet Revolution
Arturo
Sandoval is quite possibly the world's greatest living trumpet player.
His playing is genius, incomparable and thrilling. On "Trumpet Evolution",
Arturo and a number of world-class musicians, producers and engineers recreated
19 twentieth century trumpet masterpieces. The record is a jazz lover's,
trumpet player's dream - one of the most important and ambitious trumpet
recordings ever made.
Trumpet Evolution was recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, Todd Ao sound stage in Los Angeles, and Arturo's Miami studio. Co-producer Gary Grant, a long time friend of Royer Labs', invited us in to photo-document the Los Angeles recording sessions. He also gave us photos from the Miami sessions.
Ribbon microphones used:
Arturo solo trumpet: R-122
Brass section: Six R-121's and two SF-1's
Drum Overhead: SF-12 stereo ribbon mic
Big band room mic: SF-12 stereo ribbon mic
To learn more about Arturo's music and life story see the HBO movie "For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story."
Audio Samples
 Manteca (Dizzy
Gillespie, Fuller, O'Farrill, Pozo) |
| Concerto
for Cootie" (Duke Ellington) |
| My
Funny Valentine" (Hart, Rodgers) |
Trumpet Evolution
Producer: Arturo Sandoval
Executive Producer: Quincy Jones
Co-Producers: Gary Grant & Melody Lisman
Engineers: Al Schmitt / Capitol Studio sessions
Armin Steiner / Todd Ao sessions
Eric Schilling / Florida sessions & Mixing
Jerry Hey / Conductor, Arranger, Revision
The Capitol Sessions
The Capitol Studio sessions were recorded on November 20 & 21, 2002, with Al Schmitt engineering. The photos shown below were taken from both days.
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The Miami Sessions
Parts of Trumpet Evolution were recorded in Arturo's Miami studio. These pictures are from those sessions.
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