NEW YORK (WBGO Radio) - Omar Sosa's Octet performance on Friday,
September 12 at Carnegie Hall's new Zankel Hall will be broadcast live at 10:00 PM by New York-area jazz radio station WBGO and recorded for later use on NPR's "JazzSet with
Dee Dee Bridgewater", which is produced by WBGO. Sosa's concert marks the opening of Carnegie Hall's new technological wonder - an intimate, 650-seat auditorium blasted out of the bedrock in the heart of Manhattan, directly beneath the hall's main stage. WBGO is located at 88.3 on the FM dial. The live broadcast is also available at www.wbgo.org.
For a list of NPR stations carrying "JazzSet with
Dee Dee Bridgewater", please visit www.jazzset.org.
Omar Sosa will also appear live on the WNYC radio show "Soundcheck" at 2:30 PM EST on Friday, September 12 with host John Schaefer, broadcast from Carnegie Hall. WNYC is located at 93.9 on the FM dial.
The Omar Sosa Octet will include Martha Galarraga (Cuba), vocals; Gustavo Ovalles (Venezuela), percussion; Luis Depestre (Cuba), saxophones; Yassir Chadly (Morocco), vocals; Geoff Brennan (U.S.A), acoustic bass; Josh Jones (U.S.A), drums; and Brutha Los (U.S.A.), hip-hop lyricist/rapper. The ensemble will be presenting new material from its European touring this summer.
Omar's 16-city North American tour begins September 10 at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA, and includes concerts at the African American Art and Culture Complex in San Francisco, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Equinox Music Festival in Boston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Voice of America Auditorium in Washington, DC, HotHouse in Chicago, the Cerritos Center in Cerritos, CA (Los Angeles), Theatre on San Pedro Square in San Jose, CA, the Outpost Performance Space in Albuquerque, NM, Le Spectrum in Montreal, and the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. For complete tour details, please see below, or visit www.melodia.com.
Omar's third solo piano recording, "A New Life", will be in stores beginning September 9, 2003. This set of 16 improvisations is dedicated to Omar's first child, Lonious, born in July of 2002. The work revolves around the themes of childbirth and infancy, and reflects Omar's experience as a new father. The Ota Records release is distributed in the United States by Harmonia Mundi USA (www.harmoniamundi.com).
OMAR SOSA NORTH AMERICAN TOUR:
September 10: Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts
September 12: Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
September 16: San Francisco International Festival of the Arts
September 17: Esalen Institute Yoga Dome, CA
September 18: Cal Poly Theater, San Luis Obispo, CA
September 19: Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA
September 20: Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA
September 25: Equinox Music Festival, Somerville, MA (Boston)
September 26: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
September 27: Washington, DC
September 28: HotHouse, Chicago, IL
September 30: Cerritos Center, Cerritos, CA
October 4: Theatre on San Pedro Square, San Jose, CA
October 6: Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque, NM
October 8: Le Spectrum, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
October 10: Spaulding Auditorium, Hanover, NH
