Results for "Omar Sosa"

Barcelona Voll-Damm Jazz Festival 2013

by Bruce Lindsay
November 12, 2013

Barcelona Voll-Damm Jazz Festival Various Venues Barcelona October 29-November 3, 2013 A short quote, repeated to me more than once over the course of a few days in Barcelona, proved to be at the heart and soul of the 45th Barcelona Voll-Damm Internacional Jazz Festival. It goes something like this--"On the ...

Jazz au Chellah Festival 2013

by Mehdi El Mouden
October 2, 2013

Jazz au Chellah Festival Chellah Rabat, Morocco September 11-15,2013 The evening breeze on summer nights caresses the walls of the fortress while seagulls hover all over the towers. The moon is discernible from afar. In the distance, you can spot swarms of people walking down a long alley leading to the ...

John Santos: Keeper of the Culture

by Steve Bryant
August 26, 2013

In a career spanning almost 40 years, percussionist John Santos has gained world-wide renown and acclaim as one of the great composers and bandleaders in the Afro-Cuban jazz idiom. The four-time Grammy nominee is one of the foremost proponents of Afro-Latin music in the world today, known for his innovative use of its traditional musical forms ...

Under African Skies

Featuring the music of Omar Sosa
Duration: 10:40
May 4, 2013

Jazz Musician of the Day: Omar Sosa

April 10, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Omar Sosa's birthday today! Omar Sosa\'s music is a unique style of Afro-Cuban jazz, and while it is rooted in the folkloric traditions of the African Diaspora, he always takes an exploratory approach - never one to let orthodoxy stand in the way of his pursuit of freedom. Sosa offers a ...

Meet Dan Bilawsky

by AAJ Staff
April 25, 2013

I currently live in: Northport, NY I joined All About Jazz in: 2010 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? I started writing for Jazz Improv/Jazz Inside Magazine in 2005 and continued writing for that publication until the summer of 2009. At that point, I took some time off ...

Half Note Records: Live from the Blue Note

by Bob Kenselaar
March 18, 2013

Jeff Levenson has been at the helm of Half Note Records since 2002, just a few years after it got off the ground. Through a combination of his leadership and vision and the great artistry of the musicians represented in its catalog--including McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Lee Konitz and many others--the label has clearly made its ...

Omar Sosa Afri-Lectric Experience: Eggūn

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 28, 2013

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 ...

Intervista a Omar Sosa - Ricordare "Kind of Blue" è un tributo agli antenati

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 28, 2013

Omar Sosa è l'espressione più avanzata delle capacità di rinnovamento della musica latina. La sua arte abbraccia una prospettiva quanto mai ampia, che unisce le tradizionali forme caraibiche con le molteplici espressioni della diaspora africana nel Nuovo Mondo. In combinazioni ogni volta sorprendenti troviamo forme colte e popolari, folkloriche e metropolitane, appartenenti a tradizioni lontane o ...

Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu Duo: New York, NY, January 24, 2013

by Dan Bilawsky
February 4, 2013

Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu DuoBlue NoteNew York, NYJanuary 24, 2013 Some musicians settle into a club and simply play a set of music, but that's never the case with Omar Sosa. The pianist treats every performance as a musical séance and an opportunity to bare his soul. It's hard ...