Since he emigrated from Cuba in 1993, Omar Sosa has forged a distinctive musical path, fusing an array of world music, hip-hop, and electronic elements with his Afro-Cuban roots. Omar’s newest recording, ilẹ, marks a homecoming for the pianist and composer to the Latin Jazz influences of his formative years in late ‘80s and early ‘90s Havana. During this period, Omar savored the music of Pancho Quinto, Lázaro Ross, Rubén González, Machito, Benny Moré, Ismael Rivera, Arsenio, Cachao, Lili Martinez, Peruchin, Chucho Valdés, and Irakere. ilẹ means homeland in the Yoruba language of West Africa, and it is to the Latin Jazz roots of his native Cuba that Omar returns for inspiration on this new studio recording.
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