Arturo Sandoval Sextet Tickets

Sandoval has a great personality and he does well with engaging the audience. He is a class-act and a great entertainer. It is worth noting that he bee-bopped a lot during this show and it felt as though he played the piano than the trumpet. I would have liked to hear him play the trumpet more and incorporate his songs that have a latin flare. People come to hear him play the trumpet. I think this show came up short on that.

This was marvellous! Great music , story telling and joyous!

I had the privilege of seeing Arturo Sandoval on 2 other occasions over the past 20 years, and when hearing of this gig last minute, I pounced and brought friends along. Although from out of town and not having been to Meridian before, after reading reviews online about the theatre having no bad seats, I selected the ones above/behind the stage as few remained. Mistake. The audio was deplorable, and the rear facing monitor wasn't even on until 15min into the show, by which time I was ready to find mgmt. It didn't end there, as the sound crew were not on the ball with mic levels, and the guitar was inaudible to us for the entire show. Arturo was openly pissed as well, stopping one tune short to dress down the crew about his own mic. That's the first time I've seen that in 40 years of live music.... We got to watch the backs of the performers, and couldn't even see the rhythm section at all without standing up and craning. Pointless to have seats behind the stage IMO.... Lesson learned there. Perhaps the most impactful part was that Arturo hardly played his horn at all, opting for vocal, keyboard and Jew's harp spotlights instead. Don't get me wrong, he is incredibly talented with these other instruments, but I was there for his trumpet prowess, solely. Having said all that, this is an incredibly fine tuned and powerful sextet, and IMO, the sax player stole the show. I hope that next time I have a chance to catch this legend play, the audio gods look favorably upon us.

When an artist has to stop in the middle of a performance to chew out the sound guy because he can't hear the sound from the monitors, you know something's wrong. I felt sorry for Sandoval because he is an exceptional and entertaining performer. You can't argue with 10 Grammys not to mention the icons he has played with in the jazz world over the years. He is a legend, and the sound that evening was an embarrassment. Not his fault, as there was a sound check prior to the concert. I hope he comes back one day...

I was disappointed in the performance. He spent half the time talking. Bad jokes and lame non-sequiturs when he should have been playing. I don’t mind artists that engage with their audience. But it was as if he didn’t want to play and was trying to put it off as long as possible. We left early. Too bad because he really is a brilliant musician.

Spicy humor, highest notes I have ever heard. Complex composures. Such a talented band ,engrossing and encapsulating with his connection to the audience and his surroundings..The sounds were sweet vibrations for my ear and my soul.

Good venue, good size, good sound. My wife and I gave the concert 7 out of 10. We would have given it a higher score except for the following 2 reasons. Arturo spent too much time talking. He also did a lot of singing, but we came to hear him play the trumpet. 2nd. He spent 30 minutes complaining about his audio mix. This was frustrating, because rehearsal is done to fix audio issues, not to deal with it during the show!

Not a great experience- wouldn't recommend to anyone.

The performance was great... some little issues with sound settings through out the event but we really enjoythe show from this master piece artist.