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| Omar Sosa kicks off Rutgers-Camden Jazz Festival! Three-time Grammy nominated Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa Afreecanos Quartet kicks off the Rutgers Camden Jazz Festival on Saturday, October 27, 2007 at 8 pm at the Gordon Theater, Rutgers-Camden campus, 3rd & Pearl Streets at the Ben Franklin Bridge, Camden, New Jersey. The day also includes a free jazz performance and workshop from 1 pm to 5 pm in the Black Box Studio by Nasir Dickerson & The Renaissance Messengers with the UCC Royal Brass Band. Black Box Studio is located inside the Gordon Theater. Open to the entire family. Omar Sosa continues to explore the African roots of traditional musics throughout the Diaspora, using modern jazz harmonies and the latest audio technology. Sosa's new Afreecanos ensemble features Cuban drummer extraordinaire, Julio Barreto, Mozambican electric bassist, Childo Tomas, and Senegalese vocalist, Mola Sylla. The ensemble fuses the folkloric with the contemporary, the tribal with the urban - all with a Latin jazz heart. Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune recently commented that "Cuban pianists often tower over their peers. But within this elite class of pianists, few have been more stylistically adventurous than Omar Sosa. Though deeply schooled in jazz improvisation techniques, Sosa always has pushed beyond jazz orthodoxy. At his best, his art encompasses a remarkable range of influences: European symphonic repertoire, religious music of Gnawa, traditional sounds of Senegal and other far-flung idioms have coursed through his work. All of which piques one's interest in his newest ensemble, Afreecanos Quartet." (April 27, 2007) write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |