Jazz Articles about Omar Sosa

Scenes from the 2023 DC Jazz Festival

by Matt Hooke
September 7, 2023

An embassy may seem like an unusual place to kick off the 2023 DC Jazz Festival, but it made for a good indication of the international and collaborative atmosphere fostered by the annual event. The DC Jazz Festival opening night at the House of Sweden, the embassy for Sweden and Iceland, began with a speech by Icelandic ambassador Berdis Ellertsdóttir on the popularity of America's music in the Nordic country. The festival collaborated with other embassies across the ...

Omar Sosa & Ernesttico Duo B-Black At Lana Meets Jazz Fest 2023

by Danilo Codazzi
July 13, 2023

Lana Meets Jazz - XI Edizione

by Paolo Peviani
June 27, 2023

Lana Meets Jazz--XI Edizione Lana Meets Jazz Lana (BZ) 13--18.6.2023 Un bell'esempio di piccolo festival. È questa, in sintesi, l'essenza del Lana Meets Jazz. Nel corso degli anni, siamo ormai all'undicesima edizione, gli organizzatori Helga Plankensteiner e Michael Lösch hanno infatti saputo dare a questa manifestazione una connotazione chiara e precisa, fatta di elementi ben amalgamati e coerenti. Un programma musicale fruibile ma molto attento alla qualità. Sedi dei concerti sempre suggestive ed in linea ...

Omar Sosa, Southern Energy Ens., Dominique Fils-Aimé, Keith Brown - Mixtape

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 15, 2021

Two hours are so quick to fill and one has to often leave out several tracks that would deserve attention but, for a reason or another (length, similarities to other selections, need for variety and flow etc.), don't find the right spot in the playlist... To partially remedy this situation we have a “companion mixtape" series when it's necessary to share great music in addition to that which is included in our regular show.Happy listening!Playlist Southern ...

Omar Sosa: An East African Journey

by Dan Bilawsky
March 3, 2021

Back in 2009, Omar Sosa took part in an eight-stop trio tour of East Africa. Serving multiple purposes, it gave the pianist a chance to work with Senegalese singer Mola Sylla and Mozambican bassist Childo Tomas while connecting with the people, operated as the subject for a French-funded documentary and provided an opportunity for cross-cultural collaborations to blossom in the field. Every time Sosa touched down in a new spot his hosts with Alliance Française helped him connect with local ...

Omar Sosa, Yilian Cañizares, Gustavo Ovalles at Fano Jazz By The Sea 2019

by Andrea Rotili
August 31, 2019

Omar Sosa: Building Bridges Not Walls

by Duncan Heining
May 2, 2019

Cuban-born pianist, Omar Sosa is a passionate man. Music, religion, family, his relationship to the planet—all these are inseparable to an artist whose musical world is steeped in the Afro-Cuban heritage that he draws upon so personally and individually in his work. Spinning culinary metaphors to describe the processes of music-making, he sings the praises of the musicians from so many different cultures with whom he collaborates. But most of all, he is passionate in his concern for the environment ...