Anyone approaching this film about the iconic Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa, by the award-winning filmmaker Soren Sorensen will be almost immediately struck by its...
Special Test Screening of Omar Sosa’s 88 Well-Tuned Drums at Razzo Hall, Traina Center For The Arts, Worcester, Mass on April 14, 2022 at 7:00 PM....
Everything about the music of Omar Sosa seems not only to say that “Tradition is a wonderful reality,” but also something else: “not understanding that the...
Blue Note NYC: Omar Sosa’s Quarteto Afrocubano Thursday thru Sunday, March 31-April 3, 2016 Quarteto AfroCubano marks a homecoming for Omar to the influences of his...
It will not be surprising if you are drawn to Take Off, the 2015 recording by Ramón Valle. The reasons are two-fold. For all its imposing...
"Ilé" couldn’t be more appropriate a name for pianist Omar Sosa’s collection of compositions that oftentimes mine the more celestial aspects of...
Since he emigrated from Cuba in 1993, Omar Sosa has forged a distinctive musical path, fusing an array of jazz, world music, hip-hop, and electronic elements...
Composer, pianist, bandleader Omar Sosa has a gift for transforming a performance into an event. He and his Afro Cuban Quartet demonstrated as much during their...
7-time GRAMMY-nominated composer and pianist Omar Sosa & The New AfroCuban Quartet **Plus, Melissa Aldana Quartet** Thursday-Sunday, May 1-4, 2014 at the Blue Note Jazz Club...
If a musical odyssey takes place when tenor saxophonist Iván Renta divests himself from one of several ensembles he participates in, to finally record an album...
My grandfather, Manuel Martinez was a trombone player. He came from a small town in southern Colombia near Ecuador. At the age of fourteen he escaped...
Nelson Riveros is one of the most proficient melodic guitarists inhabiting the world of music today. On top of that he is artful rhythmically. He puts...
For the spirits to materialise when they are summoned in worship the practice of the worship must reach a level of intensity—get to the blue part...
"On October 18, 2009 renowned drummer, Ernesto Simpson brought an all-star band to my home on to perform a composition of his and Manuel Valera's. With...