Afreecanos, by Omar Sosa

Afreecanos

by Omar Sosa

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1.	Prologo 01:50	buy track
2.	Ollu 04:18	buy track
3.	Nene La Kanou 05:01	buy track
4.	Yeye Moro 05:59	buy track
5.	Babalada 07:43	buy track
6.	Light In The Sky 06:54	buy track
7.	D'Son 05:14	buy track
8.	Tres Negros 04:30	buy track
9.	Mon Yalala 04:03	buy track
10.	Tumborum 05:13	buy track
11.	Why Anga 06:44	buy track

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Afreecanos. Rooted in Africa. Omar Sosa ’s new studio album brings together musicians from Africa, Cuba, Brazil, and France to celebrate the rich heritage of African music in jazz and Latin music. Mr. Sosa’s approach takes folkloric elements from Africa and the Americas, combines them with his Afro-Cuban roots, and brings them all forward into a contemporary jazz expression. For the first time since his arrangements on Spirit Of The Roots and Prietos, Mr. Sosa uses a horn section, and Afreecanos features a variety of traditional and modern flute sounds. The recording also features kora, ngoni, guitar-sitar, and a variety of folkloric percussion instruments, including batá, timbal, kongoman, m’bira, and talking drum.

Featured on the recording are Cuban drummer Julio Barreto, Mozambican electric bassist Childo Tomas, Senegalese vocalist Mola Sylla, Cuban folkloric master Lázaro Galarraga, Cuban woodwind player Leandro Saint-Hill, French trumpet player Stéphane Belmondo, and French multi-instrumentalist Christophe Disco Minck . Also featured are Cuban timbal master Orestes Vilato, Malian percussionist Baba Sissoko, Malian flute player Ali Wague, and Senegalese kora player Ali Boulo Santo, et al.

Mr. Sosa has taken Afro-Cuban musical forms, like the rumba, and arranged them for African musicians and African instruments… releasing these forms from the traditional Afro-Cuban clave… and opening them to innovative interpretations… combining the fokloric with the contemporary, the ancestral with the urban. Throughout the album we hear folkloric elements infusing a modern jazz idiom, including spirit vocals and percussion from Africa, Cuba, and Brazil. The sound is lush and dream-like.

Afreecanos is produced by Paris-based drummer Steve Argüelles , who also produced Mr. Sosa’s 2004 GRAMMY-nominated recording, Mulatos. Afreecanos was recorded at Fattoria Musica in Osnabrück, Germany, with additional recording in Paris and San Francisco . The recording is dedicated to the late Cuban percussion masters, Pancho Quinto and Angá Diaz

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released September 1, 2023

Omar Sosa piano, Fender Rhodes, vibraphone, marimba, minor percussion, coro (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10) Julio Barreto drums Childo Tomas electric bass, kalimba (track 9), chivocovoco & coro (track 3), percussion with feet (track 5) Stephane Belmondo trumpet, flugelhorn, finger cymbal (track 6) Leandro Saint-Hill flute, alto saxophone (track 2), soprano saxophone (track 8) Mola Sylla lead vocal Wolof (tracks 2, 4, 8), bamboo flute (track 9), kongoman (track 9), calebasse (track 8), coro (track 4) Baba Sissoko ngoni (track 7), talking drum Mamani Keita lead vocal Mandingo (track 11) Fanta Cissoko lead vocal Mandingo & coro (track 3), lead vocal Wolof (track 9) Graca Onasile lead vocal Candomble (track 6) Ali Wague tambin (flute) (tracks 5, 6, 10, 11) Ali Boulo Santo kora Lionel Belmondo bamboo flute (track 8) Christophe “Disco” Minck ngoni (track 2, 5, 7), kamalengoni (track 8), guitar-sitar Lázaro Galarraga Lead vocal Yoruba (tracks 1, 4, 5), Batá Iyá (track 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11), Batá Itotele (track 5), coro (tracks 2, 4, 10) Orestes Vilató timbales (tracks 7, 10) Jorge Alabe lead vocal Candomble (track 5), rum drum (track 2, 5), rumpi & agogo (track 5), coro (track 4) Michael Spiro Batá Oconcolo (tracks 2, 5) Bill Ortiz trumpet (track 2) Mohamed Soulimane violin (tracks 3, 9), bendir (track 4) Ousseynou Piagne Epa piano drum (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5), zabar (track 2, 5) Pancho Quinto cajón rumba sample (track 3, 10) Angá Diaz conga sample (track 11) Steve Argüelles electric kick, clave sample & wood block (track 1), finger clap (track 2), electronics & chekere (track 6), coro & vinyl cuts (track 8) Amado de Jesús Dédeu lead vocal sample (track 10) All compositions written and arranged by Omar Sosa, Sosafunke Music Publishing, BMI (p) 2008 Produced by Steve Argüelles Recorded by Bruce Keen at Fattoria Musica in Osnabrück, Germany (January 2007). Additional recording in Paris at Plush Space by Steve Argüelles; in San Francisco at Coast Recorders by John Greenham; in San Francisco at Patio de Ochun by Greg Landau; and in Barcelona at Ventilador Studios by Juan Casanovas. Mixed by Steve Argüelles and Omar Sosa at Plush Space in Paris, assisted by Bruce Keen, www.plush-internet.org Mastered by Djengo Hartlap Graphic Design by Tomas F. Presas, www.tom14.com Cover photo by Tomas F. Presas Executive Producer, Scott Price Special thanks to JukeBox France, ?, ?, ?, ?, ? Omar Sosa uses Yamahiko piano pick-ups Julio Barreto uses Sonor drums, and Zildjian cymbals Mola Sylla uses Yamahiko pick-ups Childo Tomas uses ? Baba Sissoko uses ? Back cover blurb: Blending traditional voices and percussion from Africa, Cuba, and Brazil with a contemporary jazz sensibility, Afreecanos is GRAMMY-nominated Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa’s most complete and adventurous ensemble recording to date

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Omar Sosa Oakland, California

Composer, pianist, and bandleader Omar Sosa’s musical trajectory traces the Diaspora from Africa to Cuba and Brazil; from Central America to Ecuador’s African-descent communities; from San Francisco and New York to his current home base in Barcelona. True to his Afro-Cuban origins, Sosa fashions a spirited vision of uncompromising artistic generosity that embraces humanity at large. ... more