Arturo Sandoval was soloist with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra on Aug. 19, but he proved to be much more than one of the world’s great jazz trumpeters. He was stand-up comedian, raconteur, crooner and before the evening ended, a bombastic piano soloist. He even did a bit of scatting. Who knew? All of that was an entertaining sideshow to the stellar artistry that happened when he picked up his trumpet.
The Cuban-born trumpeter performed his own Trumpet Concerto No. 2 and other numbers with Eckart…