Omar Sosa
Omar Sosa (born April 10, 1965) is a jazz pianist from Cuba.
Omar Sosa
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- Name
- Omar Sosa
- Born
- 10 April 1965
- Birthplace
- Camagüey, Cuba
- Occupation
- Musician
- Nationality
- Cuba.
- Fields
- jazz.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Omar Sosa (born April 10, 1965) is a jazz pianist from Cuba.
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Omar Sosa (born 1965) is a Cuban composer, jazz musician and pianist. The composer was born in Camagüey.
Omar Sosa worked in Barcelona and Oakland. The composer is active in jazz.
Genres include jazz. Languages used include Spanish.
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• Name — Omar Sosa • Born — 10 April 1965 • Birthplace — Camagüey, Cuba • Genre — Afro-Cuban jazz, Latin jazz • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — Piano, Rhodes piano, marimba • Years Active — 1995–present • Website — omarsosa.com
Biography
Biography
A native of Camagüey, Cuba, Sosa studied percussion at the Escuela Nacional de Musica and Instituto Superior de Arte. In the 1980s he started the band Tributo, recording albums and touring with the band. He worked with Cuban vocalist Xiomara Laugart and several Latin jazz bands. In the 1990s he moved from Cuba to Quito, Ecuador; to Palma de Mallorca, Spain; to the San Francisco Bay area, in California, United States; and finally settled in Barcelona, Spain. While in California, Sosa released his first few albums under his own name. He had received Grammy Award nominations for four of his albums, three in the Latin Jazz category, as of 2020. In January 2011, Sosa and the [[:de:NDR Bigband|NDR Bigband[de]]] (North German Radio Bigband) won the 10th Independent Music Awards (IMAs) in the Jazz Album category for Ceremony. He has also collaborated with Paolo Fresu, Seckou Keita, Adam Rudolph, and many other musicians. Sosa has released most of his recordings on his own Otá label.
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2023
Nicola L.: life and art / edited by Hannah Martin and Omar Sosa. (Wellcome Collection).
Discography
• Solo Piano, originally released as Omar Omar (Otá, 1996) • Nfumbe: For the Unseen, with John Santos (Otá/PriceClub, 1997) • Free Roots (Otá, 1997) • Inside (Otá, 1998) • Spirit of the Roots (Otá, 1999) • Bembon (Otá, 2000) • Prietos (Otá, 2000) • Sentir (Otá, 2002) • Ayaguna, with Gustavo Ovalles (Otá, 2003) • A New Life (Otá, 2003) • Pictures of Soul, with Adam Rudolph (Otá/Meta Records, 2004) • Aleatoric Efx (Otá, 2004) • Mulatos (Otá, 2004) • Mulatos Remix (Otá, 2005) • Live à FIP (Otá, 2006) • Promise, with Paolo Fresu (Otá/[[:nl:Skip Records|Skip[de]]], 2007) • D.O.: A Day Off, with Greg Landau (Otá, 2007) • Afreecanos (Otá, 2008) • Tales from the Earth A Tale of Rhythm and Ancestry, with Mark Weinstein (Otá, 2009) • Across the Divide (Half Note Records, 2009) • Simb, with Adam Rudolph (Otá/Meta Records, 2009) • Ceremony, with NDR Bigband (Otá, 2010) • Calma (Otá, 2011) • Alma, with Paolo Fresu (Otá, 2012) • Eggun: The Afri-Lectric Experience (Otá, 2013) • Senses (Otá, 2014) • ile (Otá, 2015) • Jog, with:de:Joo Kraus and Gustavo Ovalles (Otá, 2016) • Eros, with Paolo Fresu (2016) • Es:Sensual, with NDR Big Band (Skip/Otá, 2017/2018) • Transparent Water, with Seckou Keita (Otá, 2017) • Aguas, with Yilian Cañizares (Otá, 2018) • An East African Journey (Otá, 2021) • SUBA, with Sekou Keita (Otá, 2021) • Iroko, with Igana Santana (Selo Sesc, 2023) • Food, with Paolo Fresu (Tuk Music, 2023)
April 30, 2015 BRIC Arts | Media House Brooklyn, NY
Steven Pisano from Brooklyn, NY, USA · Music - Omar Sosa and Quarteto Afrocubana at BRIC
April 30, 2015 BRIC Arts | Media House Brooklyn, NY
Steven Pisano from Brooklyn, NY, USA · Music - Omar Sosa and Quarteto Afrocubana at BRIC
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- 1.Weinberg, Bob. Jane Bunnett and Omar Sosa trace roots of Cuban music at concerts in Davie and Miami. South Florida Sun-Sentinel. March 13, 2018.
- 2.Prato, Greg. Omar Sosa. AllMusic.
- 3.Omar Sosa. Omar Sosa: Biography. 2003.
- 4.Omar Sosa. Grammy.com. 2018-05-22.
- 5.Independent Music Awards. Omar Sosa.
- 6.Omar Sosa. OmarSosa.com.
- 7.Margasak, Peter. World Music Festival. Chicago Reader. September 23, 1999.
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