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Pictures of Soul

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: Portrait; The Call; Kachirumba; Eye of the Blackbird; Dreams; The Wandering Night; Cuzco Refrain; Intermezzo; Trace of Burning Stars; Green Silence; Winter of the Flower; Sweet Summer; Serenade for Two; Kiss of the Rain; Pilgrimage; Black Exit.

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Omar Sosa: Mulatos

Read "Mulatos" reviewed by Chris May


"File under Latin Jazz" reads the message to the retailer on the cover of this adventurous, finely wrought and wholly delightful melange of Cuban jazz, Latin dance grooves, French chanson, North African trance music and European folk. And yes, it is Latin jazz, Jim, but not as we generally know it. Less a conscious, structured world ...

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Omar Sosa: Aleatoric EFX: Live Solo Concert - Radio Bremen

Read "Aleatoric EFX: Live Solo Concert - Radio Bremen" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


It may be a bit disingenuous to say that Aleatoric EFX may become the next Köln Concert. Keith Jarrett's 1975 masterpiece could legitimately claim to have given birth to the New Age music genre. By today's standards, the Köln Concert perhaps does not seem so novel. It seems our sensibilities may need to be pushed a ...

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Omar Sosa and Adam Rudolph: Pictures of Soul

Read "Pictures of Soul" reviewed by Rex  Butters


After several recorded sessions with large ensembles, hand drumming honcho Adam Rudolph finds himself on a duet recording with Cuban pianist Omar Sosa. On Pictures of Soul the match works, revealing two gifted expressionists, masters of their instruments with the imaginations to go beyond their builders’ designs. Which is not to suggest a raucous blow fest; ...

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Ayaguna

Label: Ota Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Reflection 2. Una Tradicion Negra 3. Iyawo (Opening) 4. Dias de Iyawo 5. Africa Madre Viva 6. Trip in the White Scarf 7. Toridanz

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Omar Sosa: Ayaguna

Read "Ayaguna" reviewed by AAJ Staff


It's almost like the calm after the storm, but if you look carefully there are still whitecaps out there. Pianist Omar Sosa, who emigrated from Cuba eight years ago, launched his American recording career with the somewhat redundantly titled Omar Omar, an adventurous solo outing. His last three records (Bembon, Prietos, and Sentir) were incredibly ambitious ...

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Omar Sosa: Ayaguna

Read "Ayaguna" reviewed by Joel Roberts


Omar Sosa is a fusion artist in the best sense of the word. The virtuosic pianist mixes his Cuban roots with tastes of bebop, free jazz, even hip-hop and electronica, into a strikingly fresh and spicy modern stew that's much more than the sum of its ingredients. Sosa's new duo album with Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles ...

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Sentir

Label: Ota Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Opening for Eleggu

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Omar Sosa: Sentir

Read "Sentir" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Whatever the title of Omar Sosa's new disc, the theme that runs throughout is Elegguá. For the uninitiated, Elegguá is the gatekeeper, the messenger, the courier, and the spirit of communication. He watches humanity for the Orishas (gods of Santeria), and he's the first to be received by initiates. During ritual musical ceremonies, believers forge a ...

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Omar Sosa: Sentir

Read "Sentir" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Cuban composer/pianist, Omar Sosa’s brand of world-jazz is prominently conveyed throughout this release - featuring, Moroccan vocalist, El Houssaine, Venezuelan percussionist, Gustavo Ovalles, and others. Sosa and co. also multitask while performing on indigenous percussion and stringed instruments emanating from Cuba, and North Africa amid conventional Western fare. Nevertheless, this is a true world music venture, ...


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