Omar Sosa


Omar Sosa is a jazz pianist from Cuba.
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Biography

A native of Camagüey, Cuba, Sosa studied percussion at the Escuela Nacional de Musica and Instituto Superior de Arte. In the 1980s he started the band Tributo, recording albums and touring with the band. He worked with Cuban vocalist Xiomara Laugart and several Latin jazz bands. 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.
While in California, Sosa released his first few albums under his own name. He had received Grammy Award nominations for four of his albums, three in the Latin Jazz category, as of 2020. In January 2011, Sosa and the :de:NDR Bigband|NDR Bigband won the 10th Independent Music Awards in the Jazz Album category for Ceremony. He has also collaborated with Paolo Fresu, Seckou Keita, Adam Rudolph, and many other musicians.
Sosa has released most of his recordings on his own Otá label.

Discography

Solo Piano, originally released as Omar Omar Nfumbe: For the Unseen, with John Santos Free Roots Inside Spirit of the Roots Bembon Prietos Sentir Ayaguna, with A New Life Pictures of Soul, with Adam Rudolph Aleatoric Efx Mulatos Mulatos Remix Live à FIP Promise, with Paolo Fresu D.O.: A Day Off, with Greg Landau Afreecanos Tales from the Earth A Tale of Rhythm and Ancestry, with Mark Weinstein Across the Divide Simb, with Adam Rudolph Ceremony, with NDR Bigband Calma Alma, with Paolo Fresu Eggun: The Afri-Lectric Experience Senses ile Jog, with :de:Joo Kraus and Gustavo Ovalles Eros, with Paolo Fresu Es:Sensual, with NDR Big Band Transparent Water, with Seckou Keita Aguas, with Yilian Cañizares An East African Journey SUBA, with Sekou Keita Iroko, with Igana Santana Food, with Paolo Fresu