Sound Culture Presents
OMAR SOSA's AFREECANO'S QUARTET
Sunday, May 1, 2011
7:30pm show - 6:30pm doors
Mayne Stage - 1328 W. Morse Ave. Chicago IL
Tickets: $25 Adv./$30 day of show
or at the box office two hours before any listed show.
$5 Valet available for all shows / 18+ to enter
Omar Sosa is one of the most versatile jazz artists on the scene today: composer, arranger, producer, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. He fuses a wide range of world music and electronic elements with his native Afro-Cuban roots to create a fresh and original urban sound - all with a Latin jazz heart. On stage, Mr. Sosa is a charismatic figure, inspiring his fellow musicians with his dynamic playing and improvisational approach to the music - an approach full of raw emotional power and humor. Mr. Sosa invariably inspires audiences to their feet and to join him in chorus vocals, heightening the sense of spontaneity and connection.
"Though deeply schooled in jazz improvisational techniques, Sosa has always 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." - Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune
Featuring: Omar Sosa: piano, fender rhodes, motif es8, electronics, vocals, Marque Gilmore: drums, electronics, vocals Childo Tomas: electric bass, m’bira, vocals Peter Apfelbaum: sax, flute, wind instruments, percussion.
