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Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita: Transparent Water
by Roger Farbey
Cuban Pianist Omar Sosa and Senegalese kora player and vocalist Seckou Keita have assembled an extraordinary album seamlessly melding Latin American and West African music. Additional guest instrumentalists bring with them a host of other sounds predominantly emanating from the Far East. The koto is a traditional Japanese stringed instrument whilst the sheng is a Chinese mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes. The bawu is a Chinese wind instrument and the geomungo is a traditional Korean type of ...
Continue ReadingOmar Sosa E Yilian Cañizares al Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo
by Paolo Peviani
Omar Sosa e Yilian Cañizares Bergamo Scienza Teatro Donizetti Bergamo 08.10.2016 È felice consuetudine che Bergamo Scienza, manifestazione rivolta alla divulgazione scientifica, si apra anche ad iniziative di carattere musicale. In collaborazione con Bergamo Jazz, in questa edizione è stato presentato il duo formato dai cubani Omar Sosa e Yilian Cañizares. Se il pianista non ha bisogno di presentazioni, la cantante e violinista Yilian Cañizares è stata, almeno per chi ...
Continue ReadingPaolo Fresu & Omar Sosa featuring Natacha Atlas & Jaques Morelenbaum: Eros
by Dan Bilawsky
While the connection between Cuban pianist Omar Sosa and Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu was established back in 2006, their partnership truly blossomed with Alma (Ota Music, 2012), a beauty of an album with a soft sell approach. That record--quite possibly the most moving item in either man's discography--prioritized heart over all else, and this follow-up date follows suit. Eros--the god of love--serves as muse and sculptor on this easygoing outing. Sosa and Fresu are both in fine ...
Continue ReadingJoo Kraus/Omar Sosa/Gustavo Ovalles: JOG
by Dan Bilawsky
You have to hand it to pianist Omar Sosa. With the exception of some return trips to the solo piano format, he never really repeats himself. Over the past two decades, Sosa has worked alone, gone the duo route with Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu, shared billing/leadership duties with flutist Mark Weinstein, worked with Germany's NDR Bigband, paid tribute to Miles Davis' iconic Kind Of Blue (Columbia Records, 1959) in unique fashion, mingled with Moroccan musicians, worked the Afro-Cuban seam in ...
Continue ReadingOmar Sosa Quarteto AfroCubano: ilé
by Dan Bilawsky
"The word ilé, from the Lucumí tradition of Cuba, means home, earth." That single sentence, which gets the ball rolling for Omar Sosa's self-penned liner notes, says all that needs to be said about this return-to-roots project. Or does it? Ilé finds Sosa looking back to Camagüey, Cuba. He populates this album with musicians who hail from said locale--drummer Ernesto Simpson, multi-reedist Leandro Saint-Hill, and guests like Eladio “Don Pancho" Terry and Yosvany Terry--but listeners shouldn't be ...
Continue ReadingOmar Sosa: Senses
by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist Omar Sosa seems to have a split personality: He's the extroverted dazzler who exudes vivacity and leads the charge, but he's also the introverted-and-contemplative pianist who muses and meditates with fingers on keys. Much of his work allows for both aspects of his artistry to shine; Senses does not. This one is all about the thoughtful and sensitive Sosa baring his soul. Senses is essentially a (by)product of the pianist's time spent at the Experimental Media ...
Continue ReadingOmar Sosa Afri-Lectric Experience: Eggūn
by AAJ Italy Staff
Eggun è un lavoro decisamente interessante ideato nel 2009, quando la produzione del Barcelona Jazz Festival - nella persona di Joan Cararach - aveva commissionato a Omar Sosa un tributo al capolavoro di Miles Davis Kind of Blue, in occasione del cinquantesimo anniversario della pubblicazione. Il pianista cubano ha pensato di mettere insieme una suite improntata sullo spirito di libertà, affidandone gran parte della riuscita espressiva alla sezione fiati - con spesso in primo piano il trombettista tedesco Joo Kraus ...
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