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Omar Sosa-Joo Kraus Duo at
Courtesy of Omar Sosa | Posted on September 16, 2016
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Fri, November 18, 2016
8:00 pm
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7-time GRAMMY-nominated composer and pianist Omar Sosa has forged a distinctive musical path, fusing an array of jazz, world music, hip-hop, and electronic elements with his AfroCuban roots. Omar Sosa’s debut at the Museum of Making Music will be in support of his current CD, JOG, featuring award-winning German trumpet player Joo Kraus. The Duo, exemplifying Omar’s philosophy of jazz as freedom, is improvisation-based, each player bringing his musical roots to the collective experience. Omar and Joo both use various electronic effects and samples, and Joo contributes occasional spoken word vocals. The Duo’s repertoire includes a number of Omar’s signature compositions – “My Three Notes”, “Light In The Sky”, and “Muevete en D” – as well as material from their new CD, “JOG”, which received a 4.5-star review in Downbeat magazine....