Omar Sosa
Omar Sosa (born April 10, 1965) is a Cuban-born composer, bandleader, and jazz pianist.
Biography
Born in Camagüey, Cuba, Sosa began studying marimba at the age of eight, then switched to piano at the Escuela Nacional de Musica in Havana, where he studied jazz. Sosa moved to Quito, Ecuador, in 1993, then San Francisco, California, in 1995. In San Francisco he became deeply involved in the local Latin jazz scene and began a long collaboration with percussionist John Santos. He also made a series of recordings with producer Greg Landau, including the ground-breaking Oaktown Irawo, featuring Tower of Power drummer Dave Garibaldi, Cuban saxophonist Yosvany Terry and Cuban percussionist Jesus Diaz. Sosa and Landau recorded with Carlos "Patato" Valdes and Pancho Quinto and worked on several film scores. Around 1999 Sosa moved to Barcelona, Spain.
In January 2011, Omar Sosa won The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in the Jazz Album category for Ceremony.
Sosa has received seven Grammy Awards nominations.
Podcasts:
Omar Sosa
ALBUMS
- Eggūn: The Afri-Lectric Experience released: 2013
- Alma released: 2012
- Calma released: 2011
- Omar Sosa: Across the Divide: A Tale of Rhythm & Ancestry released: 2009
- AFreeCanos released: 2008
- Promise released: 2007
- Live à FIP released: 2006
- Ballads released: 2005
- Pictures of Soul released: 2004
- Mulatos released: 2004
- A New Life released: 2003
- Sentir released: 2002
- Mulatos Remix released: 2001
- Prietos released: 2001
- Bembon released: 2000
- Inside released: 1999
- Spirit of the Roots released: 1999
- Free Roots (Raices Libres) released: 1997
- Ayaguna released:
Free Roots (Raices Libres)
Released 1997- Travieso (Wild Boy)
- Fue mentira (It Was a Lie)
- Buscando la clave (Finding the Key)
- Raya (The Line)
- Cha Cha Du Nord
- Pero no lo leí (But I Didn't Read It)
- Mis tres notas (My Three Notes)
- AfroCuEs a Dada
- Shirma
- Guajira de capital (Country Girl in the Big City)
- Ponlo debajo mierda (Put It Down, Man, Shit)
- Para dos (For Two)
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