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Omar Sosa Residency at SFJAZZ
by Harry S. Pariser
Omar Sosa Residency SFJAZZ Spring Season San Francisco, CA April 21-23, 2017 “You don't really listen to an Omar Sosa concert so much as experience it. The Cuban-born pianist's overall demeanor exudes a sense of calm and deep reflection, while a spiritual connection to music and his ancestors comes ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Omar Sosa
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 joyful ...
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita: Transparent Water
by Dan Bilawsky
Omar Sosa would make an excellent global ambassador. He seems to make friends and erase boundary lines wherever he goes. Back in 2012, the Cuban pianist connected with Senegalese kora guru Seckou Keita through a mutual musical associate--drummer Marque Gilmore. Sosa and Keita struck up a quick friendship at that initial meeting, ultimately leading to the ...
Transparent Water
By Omar Sosa
Label: World Village
Released: 2016
Track listing: Dary; In The Forest; Black Dream; Mining-Nah; Tama-Tama; Another
Prayer; Fatiliku; Oni Yalorde; Peace Keeping; Moro Yeye; Recaredo;
Zululand; Thiossane.
Eros
By Omar Sosa
Label: Ota Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Teardrop - Ya Habibi;
Sensuousness; Zeus'
Desires; Brezza Del Verano;
My Soul, My Spirit; La
Llamada; What Is Inside;
Himeros; Who Wu; Eros
Mediterraneo; Fradelo; What
Lies Ahead; Why.
JOG
By Omar Sosa
Label: Ota Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Moforibale; Enchanted Breeze; Echo Bay; Muevete En D; Wood Soul; Recaredo; Down The Alley; Light In The Sky; Iyawo; JOG Mode; Peace River.
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 ...
Roma Jazz Festival 2016
by Mario Calvitti
Roma Jazz Festival 2016 Auditorium Parco della Musica Roma 8-23.11.2016 Edizione importante per il festival jazz romano che festeggia i 40 anni nella sede ormai stabile dell'Auditorium Parco della Musica, dove si sono svolte le ultime 12 edizioni. Il programma della rassegna è stato molto vario, con proposte per tutti i ...
Omar 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 ...
Paolo 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 ...
