OMAR SOSA AFRI-LECTRIC QUINTET

Sunday july 24 - 4:30 pm - Main stage

Omar SOSA keyboards, vocals / Marque GILMORE drums, electronics, vocals / Childo TOMAS bass, m’bira, vocals / Peter APFELBAUM saxophone, flute, vocals / Joe KRAUS trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals

 

In a little over 15 years, Sosa has managed to build a strong image that goes way past the usual stereotypes often associated with Latin jazz. His fingers run on the keyboard with astounding melodic and rhythmic ease, as he caresses the keys or hits them percussively. Sosa gives full meaning to the expression Afro-Cuban these days, deftly bridging the gap between Africa and its Caribbean diaspora.

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