NEW YORK (Omar Sosa Official Website) - Omar Sosa Quartet tour dates in the United States and Canada, including:
Washington, DC
Newark, NJ
Vancouver, BC
San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Seattle, WA
Featuring drummer Marque Gilmore, bassist Geoff Brennan, and saxophonist Eric Crystal, plus in San Francisco, special guest vocalist Yassir Chadly, and in Los Angeles, special guest vocalist Will Power.
Saturday, October 15 * 8:00 PM
Washington Performing Arts Society presents
Lisner Auditorium
George Washington University
Washington, DC
www.wpas.org or call 202-994-6800
Double bill with David Murray Quartet, featuring pianist Lafayette Gilchrist, drummer Hamid Drake, bassist Jaribu Shahid
Sunday, October 16 * 3:00 PM
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Newark, NJ
www.njpac.org or call 888-466-5722
Double bill with David Murray Quartet, featuring pianist Lafayette
Gilchrist, drummer Hamid Drake, bassist Jaribu Shahid
Wednesday, October 19 * 8:00 PM
King Edward Campus Auditorium
Vancouver Community College
Vancouver, BC
www.caravanbc.org or call 604-251-6964 or 604-738-3232
Solo piano concert
Friday, October 21 * 8:00 PM
San Francisco Jazz Festival presents
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, CA
www.sfjazz.org or call 415-776-1999
Double bill with Dafnis Prieto Quintet, featuring saxophonists Yosvany Terry and Peter Apfelbaum, pianist Osmany Paredes, bassist Yunior Terry
Saturday, October 22 * 8:00 PM
UCLA Live presents
Royce Hall
Los Angeles, CA
www.uclalive.org or call 310-825-2101
Special Roots Trilogy Reunion concert with vocalist Will Power
Sunday, October 23 * 6:30 PM & 9:30 PM
Earshot Jazz presents
The Triple Door
Seattle, WA
www.thetripledoor.net or call 206-838-4333 or 206-547-9787
Double bill with Dafnis Prieto Quintet, featuring saxophonists Yosvany Terry and Peter Apfelbaum, pianist Osmany Paredes, bassist Yunior Terry For details on all shows, please visit www.melodia.com. Omar Sosa's new CD release, "Ballads" (OTA1015), is available at www.melodia.com/order.php.
"Cuban pianist-composer-bandleader Omar Sosa describes this retrospective on his early work as "ten themes of yesterday," but his artistry has never been anything but forward looking. Evident throughout is the inspired introspection that infuses Sosa's work. "The spirits play through us," he says, a matter-of-fact observation borne out in his invocation of the Cuban orishas who animate his live performances and recordings alike. The individual virtuosity of the gifted talents he enlists is self evident, but the overall approach is understated, and resonant throughout is the ensemble effect, an exquisite collective sound. Hear the expressive lyricism of "Para Ella," the muted orchestral breadth of "Gracias Senor," the serene ebb and flow of "Para Dos Parados," the subtle montuno drive of "Antes De Ir Va Esto," the tender bolero of "Mis Tres Notas." Sosa's faraway balladry is dappled with allusions to Frederic Chopin, Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans, but the instrumental signature is purely his own. Sosa is an artist who listens, intimately, and in so doing, he inspires the finest in all who will hear, musicians and audience alike". -Michael Stone, RootsWorld
Upcoming concerts:
October 30
Jazz & Wine of Peace
Cormons, Italy
November 4
Brotfabrik
Frankfurt, Germany
November 5
Jazzfest Goettingen
Deutsches Theater
Goettingen, Germany
Please visit www.melodia.com/tour.php for details and additional future dates. Or for more information please reply to [email protected].
