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Omar Sosa: Eggun
by Dan Bilawsky
A tribute to trumpet legend Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959), without a single song from the record? The answer: an emphatic “Yes!" In 2009, piano wizard Omar Sosa received a commission from the Barcelona Jazz Festival to “compose and produce a tribute performance to Miles Davis' classic recording, Kind Of Blue, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary." The keyword there is “tribute"; not “facsimile" or “rewrite." Even if they had asked Sosa for such a thing, they ...
Continue Reading44 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona: Omar Sosa y Paolo Fresu con Cristina Pato
by Enrique Turpin
Omar Sosa y Paolo Fresu con Cristina Pato44 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaLuz de Gas30 de octubre de 2012 Omar Sosa se ha hecho ya una presencia casi ineludible en el panorama jazzístico barcelonés. No sólo cuenta el hecho de que sea un músico que reside en la ciudad y vea en ella crecer a su familia, sino que las últimas citas del Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona ya no se ...
Continue ReadingOmar Sosa & Paolo Fresu featuring Jaques Morelenbaum: Alma
by Dan Bilawsky
Trying to keep pace with the musical projects of pianist Omar Sosa or trumpeter Paolo Fresu is an almost-athletic pursuit. Calling either man prolific is an understatement, but what's more impressive than the quantity of music they release is the quality of their output. Both have tapped into an eternal wellspring of creativity that eludes most artists, with an ability to conjure the spirits of sound at will. Their first encounter dates back to 2006, when Sosa ...
Continue ReadingOmar Sosa: Calma
by AAJ Italy Staff
Calma. Un titolo così non lascia scampo riguardo le aspettative che un ascoltatore può riservare al nuovo lavoro in piano solo - il quinto nella sua discografia - di Omar Sosa, pianista che, una volta ancora, ribadisce la grandezza del suo essere artista infinitamente ispirato e sensibile. Tredici passaggi che compenetrano l'uno dentro l'altro, in una sorta di viaggio nei silenzi, nella riflessione e nella tranquillità estrema. Passaggi che si rifanno a forme classicheggianti, pronti nel ribadire un'introspezione che va ...
Continue ReadingOmar Sosa: Bringing The World To The World
by AAJ Staff
Pianist/composer Omar Sosa was born in Cuba in the first decade of Fidel Castro's rule over the island, and grew up listening to forbidden American jazz with his music school friends in secret, the radio discretely turned low, though eventually the rules changed and the music was broadcast in Cuba, too. After Cuba and a short time in Mexico, Sosa discovered his calling in the Esmeraldas region of Ecuador, where he found music that was, like Cuba's music, founded in ...
Continue ReadingOmar Sosa Afri-lectric Quintet: New York, May 5, 2011
by Dan Bilawsky
Omar Sosa Afri-lectric QuintetBlue NoteNew York, NYMay 5, 2011 Cuban-born/Barcelona-based Omar Sosa doesn't simply perform for an audience when he brings his music to a club. He conjures musical spirits and creates a magical realm, unlike any other. The pianist fuses the most ancient and modern ideals imaginable into a wholly organic production, and his latest band--Afri-lectric Quintet--might be his finest creation yet. There was plenty to marvel at during Sosa's ...
Continue ReadingOmar Sosa en el Festival de Jazz de Barcelona
by Enrique Turpin
Omar Sosa con la NDR Big Band y Jaques Molerenbaum42 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaPalau de la Música Catalana30 de noviembre, 2010Cuando un pianista se presenta frente a su público con una big band, tres percusionistas y un arreglista de lujo, ya se puede uno imaginar el lugar del que se nutrieron los genes de sus ancestros y las aspiraciones de su ofrecimiento musical. No obstante, que alguien se esfuerce por transportar la ...
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