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]
^ abWeinberg, 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.
^ abcdefgPrato, Greg. "Omar Sosa". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
omar, sosa, born, april, 1965, jazz, pianist, from, cuba, concertbackground, informationborn, 1965, april, 1965, camagüey, cubagenresafro, cuban, jazz, latin, jazzoccupation, musicianinstrument, piano, rhodes, piano, marimbayears, active1995, presentwebsiteoma. Omar Sosa born April 10 1965 is a jazz pianist from Cuba 1 Omar SosaOmar Sosa in concertBackground informationBorn 1965 04 10 April 10 1965 age 58 Camaguey CubaGenresAfro Cuban jazz Latin jazzOccupation s MusicianInstrument s Piano Rhodes piano marimbaYears active1995 presentWebsiteomarsosa wbr com Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditA native of Camaguey 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 Ota label 6 Discography Edit 2 6 Solo Piano originally released as Omar Omar Ota 1996 Nfumbe For the Unseen with John Santos Ota PriceClub 1997 7 Free Roots Ota 1997 Inside Ota 1998 Spirit of the Roots Ota 1999 Bembon Ota 2000 Prietos Ota 2000 Sentir Ota 2002 Ayaguna with Gustavo Ovalles de es fr Ota 2003 A New Life Ota 2003 Pictures of Soul with Adam Rudolph Ota Meta Records 2004 Aleatoric Efx Ota 2004 Mulatos Ota 2004 Mulatos Remix Ota 2005 Live a FIP Ota 2006 Promise with Paolo Fresu Ota Skip de 2007 D O A Day Off with Greg Landau Ota 2007 Afreecanos Ota 2008 Tales from the Earth A Tale of Rhythm and Ancestry with Mark Weinstein Ota 2009 Across the Divide Half Note Records 2009 Simb with Adam Rudolph Ota Meta Records 2009 Ceremony with NDR Bigband Ota 2010 Calma Ota 2011 Alma with Paolo Fresu Ota 2012 Eggun The Afri Lectric Experience Ota 2013 Senses Ota 2014 ile Ota 2015 Jog with de Joo Kraus and Gustavo Ovalles Ota 2016 Eros with Paolo Fresu 2016 Es Sensual with NDR Big Band Skip Ota 2017 2018 Transparent Water with Seckou Keita Ota 2017 Aguas with Yilian Canizares Ota 2018 An East African Journey Ota 2021 SUBA with Sekou Keita Ota 2021 References Edit a b 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 a b c d e f g Prato Greg Omar Sosa AllMusic Retrieved 4 March 2020 Omar Sosa Biography Omar Sosa 2003 Retrieved 2020 06 04 Omar Sosa Grammy com 2018 05 22 Retrieved 2020 06 05 Omar Sosa Independent Music Awards Retrieved 2020 06 04 a b OmarSosa com Omar Sosa Retrieved 2020 06 04 Margasak Peter September 23 1999 World Music Festival Chicago Reader Retrieved 2020 06 04 External links EditOfficial website Melodia biography Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Omar Sosa amp oldid 1114755322, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
