Omar Sosa

Omar Sosa (born April 10, 1965) is a jazz pianist from Cuba.[1]

Omar Sosa
Omar Sosa in concert
Background information
Born (1965-04-10) April 10, 1965
Camagüey, Cuba]
GenresAfro-Cuban jazz, Latin jazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsPiano, Rhodes piano, marimba
Years active1995–present
Websiteomarsosa.com

Biography

A native of Camagüey, Cuba, Sosa studied percussion at the Escuela Nacional de Musica and Instituto Superior de Arte.[2] In the 1980s he started the band Tributo, recording albums and touring with the band.[2] He worked with Cuban vocalist Xiomara Laugart and several Latin jazz bands.[2] 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.[3][1]

While in California, Sosa released his first few albums under his own name.[2] He had received Grammy Award nominations for four of his albums, three in the Latin Jazz category, as of 2020.[2][4] In January 2011, Sosa and the NDR Bigband[de] (North German Radio Bigband) won the 10th Independent Music Awards (IMAs) in the Jazz Album category for Ceremony.[5] He has also collaborated with Paolo Fresu, Seckou Keita, Adam Rudolph, and many other musicians.[2]

Sosa has released most of his recordings on his own Otá label.[6]

Discography

[2][6]

  • Solo Piano, originally released as Omar Omar (Otá, 1996)
  • Nfumbe: For the Unseen, with John Santos (Otá/PriceClub, 1997)[7]
  • 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/Skip[nl], 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 Rudolh (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)

References
  1. Weinberg, Bob (March 13, 2018). "Jane Bunnett and Omar Sosa trace roots of Cuban music at concerts in Davie and Miami". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  2. Prato, Greg. "Omar Sosa". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. "Omar Sosa: Biography". Omar Sosa. 2003. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  4. "Omar Sosa". Grammy.com. 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  5. "Omar Sosa". Independent Music Awards. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  6. "OmarSosa.com". Omar Sosa. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  7. Margasak, Peter (September 23, 1999). "World Music Festival". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
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