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Omar Sosa

Born: April 10, 1965

Composer-pianist-bandleader Omar Sosa was born in 1965 in Camagüey, Cuba's largest inland city. At age eight, Omar began studying percussion and marimba at the music conservatory in Camagüey; in Havana, as a teenager, he took up piano at the prestigious Escuela Nacional de Música, and completed his formal education at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. Among his influences, Omar cites traditional Afro-Cuban music, European classical composers (including Chopin, Bartok, and Satie), Monk, Coltrane, Parker, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Chucho Valdés, and the pioneering Cuban jazz group Irakere

Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums

By Omar Sosa

Label: Ota Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: 1. Sunrise; 2. Toridanzó; 3. Portrait; 4. Promised Land; 5. Cha Cha du Nord; 6. So All Freddie; 7. Angustia With Tumbao; 8. Para Ella.

Cha Cha du Nord

May 11, 2024

Album: Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums
By Omar Sosa
Label: Ota Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:08

Toridanzón

April 18, 2024

Album: Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums
By Omar Sosa
Label: Ota Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 04:25

Round About Midnight

by Michael Ambrosino
November 15, 2023

Jazz&Wine of Peace 2023

by Neri Pollastri
November 13, 2023

Jazz&Wine of Peace 2023 Cormons e altre località del Friuli e della Brda slovena Varie sedi 26-29.10.2023 Tagliato un importante traguardo con la splendida edizione celebrativa del venticinquennale, il Jazz&Wine of Peace di Cormons ha ripreso il suo corso, che ne fa uno dei festival più interessanti della penisola, approntando ...

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 ...

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, ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Omar Sosa

April 10, 2023

All About Jazz is celebrating Omar Sosa's birthday today! Composer-pianist-bandleader Omar Sosa was born in 1965 in Camagüey, Cuba's largest inland city. At age eight, Omar began studying percussion and marimba at the music conservatory in Camagüey; in Havana, as a teenager, he took up piano at the prestigious Escuela Nacional de Música, and completed his ...