''Danzón (Dance On)'' is an album by

Arturo Sandoval Arturo Sandoval (born November 6, 1949) is a Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist, timbalero, and composer. While living in his native Cuba, Sandoval was influenced by jazz musicians Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1977 ...

, released through

GRP Records GRP® Records (Grusin-Rosen Productions) is a jazz record label founded by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen in 1978. Distributed by Verve Records, GRP® was originally known for its digital recordings that focuses on its jazz genre. History With Gr ...

in 1994. In 1995, the album won Sandoval the

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ...

for Best Latin Jazz Performance and the Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Jazz Album of the Year.

Track Listing

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Personnel

* Arturo Sandoval – trumpet (1–4, 6–11), lead vocals (1, 11), percussion (1, 3, 4, 6, 8–11), acoustic piano (2, 7), scat (3), synthesizers (4), handclaps (4),

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet, but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B♭, though ...

(5, 8), vocals (7, 9),

timbales Timbales () or pailas are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing. They are shallower than single-headed tom-toms and usually tuned much higher, especially for their size.Orovio, Helio 1981. ''Diccionario de la música cubana: biográfic ...

(7) * Richard Eddy – synthesizers (2, 7, 9, 10), drums (2, 7, 9, 10),

Rhodes electric piano The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

(5), bass (5) * Danilo Perez – acoustic piano (3, 6, 10) * Felix Gomez – acoustic piano (4) * Rene Toledo – guitars (2, 5), acoustic guitar (4) * Juanito Márquez –

tres Tres may refer to: * Tres (instrument), a Cuban musical instrument * Tres, Trentino, municipality in Italy * ''Tres'' (2014 film), a Filipino anthology drama film based on short stories * "Tres" (song) by Juanes *"Tres", a song by Líbido from thei ...

(9) * Sal Cueves – bass (3, 6) * Eddie Rivera – bass (4) * Orlando Hernández – drums (3–6), handclaps (4) *

Bill Cosby William Henry Cosby Jr. ( ; born July 12, 1937) is an American retired comedian, actor, and media personality. Often cited as a trailblazer for African Americans in the entertainment industry, Cosby was a film, television, and stand-up comedy ...

– vocals (1, 11), percussion (1, 11), timbales (1, 11) * Carlos Gomez – percussion (1, 5, 6, 10, 11),

chekeré The shekere (from Yoruba Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀) is a percussion instrument consisting of a dried gourd with beads or cowries woven into a net covering the gourd. There are multiple ways to produce sounds with the instrument. It can be shaken or ...

(2), iya (2),

conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest ...

s (3, 9),

bongos Bongos (Spanish language, Spanish: ''bongó'') are an Afro-Cubans, Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting of a pair of small open bottomed hand drums of different sizes. The pair consists of the larger ''hembra'' () and the smaller ''macho'' ...

(4), guiro (7) * Rigoberto Herrera – congas (1, 7, 11), okoncolo (2), sticks (9) * Giovanni Hidalgo – percussion (1, 11), quinto (1, 11), itolele (2), congas (9) * Juan Nogueras Jr. – congas (1, 9), percussion (1, 11) * Kenny Anderson – alto saxophone (2, 4), tenor saxophone (3) *

Ed Calle Ed Calle (born Eduardo J. Calle) is a musician from Miami, Florida. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Calle plays the saxophones, flutes, clarinets, EWI, and keyboards, engineers projects, and performs vocals. He also composes and arranges mu ...

– baritone saxophone (2, 4, 7), tenor saxophone (2, 4, 7, 10), saxophone (3, 6),

flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

(6, 7), soprano saxophone (10) *

Dave Valentin David Peter Valentin (April 29, 1952 – March 8, 2017) was an American Latin jazz flautist of Puerto Rican descent. Life and career Valentin was born to Puerto Rican parents in The Bronx in New York City. He attended The High School of Mus ...

– flute solo (6), flute (7) * Dana Teboe – trombone (2–4, 6) * Roger Ingram – trumpet (3, 4, 6) * Cheito Quiñones – vocals (1, 7, 9, 11) * Rita Quintero – vocals (1, 9, 11) *

– vocals (2) * Vicki Carr – lead vocals (5) *

Willy Chirino Willy Chirino (born April 5, 1947, in Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Early life Following the communist revolution in Cuba, Chirino came to the United States ...

– lead vocals (7) * Peter Gonzalez – vocals (7, 9)

Production

Dave Grusin Robert David Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, incl ...

– executive producer * Larry Rosen – executive producer * Carl Griffin – associate executive producer * Arturo Sandoval – producer, arrangements * Richard Eddy – producer, arrangements * Mike Couzzi – engineer (1–4, 6–11) * Will Tartak – engineer (5), assistant engineer * Sebastian Krys – assistant engineer * Joseph Doughney – post-production * Michael Landy – post-production * The Review Room (New York, NY) – post-production location *

Ted Jensen Ted Jensen (born September 19, 1954) is an American mastering engineer, known for having mastered many recordings, including the Eagles' '' Hotel California'', Green Day's '' American Idiot'' and Norah Jones' ''Come Away with Me''. Early life ...

– mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) * Carl Valldejuli – production coordinator * Hollis King – art direction * Dan Serrano – art direction * Leonel Matheu – artwork * Alba Acevedo – graphic design * Laura Goldman – graphic design * Freddie Paloma – graphic design * Carol Weinberg – photography * Fernando Gonzalez – liner notes

References

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