Omar Sosa
San Francisco, California, USA
 Omar Sosa
 Omar Sosa
 Omar Sosa
Composer-pianist-bandleader Omar Sosa was born in 1965 in Camagüey, Cuba's largest inland city. At age eight, Omar began studying percussion and marimba at the music conservatory in Camagüey; in Havana, as a teenager, he took up piano at the prestigious Escuela Nacional de Música, and completed his formal education at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. Among his influences, Omar cites traditional Afro-Cuban music, European classical composers (including Chopin, Bartok, and Satie), Monk, Coltrane, Parker, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Chucho Valdés, and the pioneering Cuban jazz group Irakere. Moving in 1993 to Ecuador, Omar immersed himself in the folkloric traditions of Esmeraldas, the northwest coast region whose African heritage includes the distinctive marimba tradition. He relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1995, and soon invigorated the Latin jazz scene with his adventurous writing and percussive style.
Omar Sosa & Yilian Cañizares. AGUAS Trio. Jazz à Vienne
Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa, Cuban violinist-vocalist Yilian Cañizares, Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles.
Omar Sosa Quarteto AfroCubano
Omar Sosa: grand piano, Fender Rhodes, Motif ES8, samplers, programming and vocal; Ernesto Simpson: drums, vocal and kalimba; Childo Tomas: electric bass, kalimba and vocal; Leandro Saint-Hill: alto and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet and vocal.
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