Pictures Of Soul, by Omar Sosa

Pictures Of Soul

by Omar Sosa

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1.	The Call 04:50	buy track
2.	Black Exit 00:27	buy track
3.	Pilgrimage 08:15	buy track
4.	Kiss Of The Rain 01:26	buy track
5.	Serenade For Two 02:45	buy track
6.	Sweet Summer 03:35	buy track
7.	Winter Of The Flower 05:23	buy track
8.	Green Silence 05:05	buy track
9.	Trace Of Burning 03:22	buy track
10.	Intermezzo 01:08	buy track
11.	Cuzco Refrain 02:52	buy track
12.	The Wandering Night 04:49	buy track
13.	Dreams 01:35	buy track
14.	Eye Of The Blackbird 02:04	buy track
15.	Kachirumba 04:53	buy track
16.	Portrait 04:02	buy track

about

Pictures of Soul is an improvised music collaboration between Cuban pianist Omar Sosa and Los Angeles-based percussionist Adam Rudolph. These two creative musicians have enjoyed each other’s work at a distance for several years. Both share an appreciation of ritual trance music – music that leads us into altered states of consciousness. In April of 2002, when Sosa and his Septet arrived in Los Angeles for a run at the Jazz Bakery, it was possible for these kindred spirits to meet and make music together. The result is Pictures of Soul, a poignant aural journey into the transcendent realms of the creative music process. Sosa and Rudolph both experience their art as an interactive spiritual voyage. Their approach in the studio called simply for an openness to explore musical landscapes together – without charts, without rehearsal. In Pictures of Soul we find a wide range of expression, from delicate introspection to fiery dance. Sosa plays mostly acoustic piano, both on the keys and inside the instrument. Rudolph is featured on an array of hand drums, including djembe, tarija, dumbek and tabla.

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released January 13, 2004

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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