It was one of those lifetime thrills-- Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco, sunny weekend in June. I got to see OMAR SOCA and AFREECANOS do a couple of hours of their brilliant combination of wild Thelonius jazz, Cuban, Egyptian, Brazilian and other African rhythms.
It is a type of music I have yearned to hear. Combining all my favorites. I hadn't realized there was someone already doing it. Taking the free spirited Thelonius meets Coltrane piano of Sosa, weaving together all the others who also traverse jazz to tribal rhythms and melodies.
Luckily, the CD, OMAR SOSA Afreecanos is equally brilliant in a different way. Seeming to integrate Asian sounds into it-- I hear shades of Egypt and China.
SOSA had such fantastic modulation of each song-- from whisper soft moments to blazing and stomping staccato and around through melodic orchards. Gorgeous journeys.
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