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Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita SUBA Trio featuring Gustavo Ovalles, percussion

Composer-pianist-bandleader Omar Sosa was born in 1965 in Camagüey, Cuba’s largest inland city. Among his influences, Omar cites traditional Afro-Cuban music, European classical composers (including Chopin, Bartok, and Satie), Monk, Coltrane, Parker, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Chucho Valdés, and the pioneering Cuban jazz group Irakere.

Seckou Keita, born in Ziguinchor, Senegal, is a kora player and drummer. He is one of the few champions of the lesser-known kora repertoire from Casamance in southern Senegal. He launched his international career in 1996 under the guidance of his uncle Solo Cissokho with appearances at Norway's Forde Festival in a successful collaboration with Cuban, Indian and Scandinavian musicians. He developed his work on the kora and with support slots to luminaries like Salif Keita and Youssou N'Dour, solo slots at London's Jazz Café and at Ireland's Sacred Music Festival, and a nomination in 2001 for BBC Radio 3's prestigious World Music Award.

Source: Wikipedia, https://www.seckoukeita.com/omar-sosa-seckou-keita

Global Rhythms is produced in association with SAMA: Music+Art and is supported by our media sponsor, KEXP.