Arturo Sandoval on making ’Sangú’ and discovering jazz

June 8, 2026 3 AM PT

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Music journalist Suzy Exposito sits down with legendary Cuban American jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval for a conversation about how his new album, “Sangú,” came to be and his road to discovering jazz.

Quincy Bowie Jr. is a video fellow at the Los Angeles Times. The proud Alabama native graduated from USC, where he studied journalism and documentary. In his time there, he contributed to the Daily Trojan, USC Annenberg Media and produced multiple documentaries and short films. You can find his previous work at CNN, Spectrum News and Memorías de Nomada.

Suzy Exposito is the assistant editor and previous culture columnist for the De Los team at the Los Angeles Times. She joined the newsroom as a music reporter in October 2020 and previously spearheaded the Latin music section at Rolling Stone. Exposito has also written for Vogue, Elle and Vanity Fair.