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SUBA Trio — Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita, featuring Gustavo Ovalles
Charismatic and virtuosic, Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita share a special musical chemistry that inspires audiences. A unique fusion, SUBA is a collaboration of Cuban-born jazz piano virtuoso Omar Sosa and Senegalese kora (21-string harp lute) master Seckou Keita that brilliantly embraces jazz, Latin and African influences, and reflects the close and compassionate listening of artists engaged in a captivating musical conversation. In this, they are joined by the inimitable Venezuelan percussionist Gustavo Ovalles, who brings the polyrhythmic sound of the African diaspora to the exchange. The result is a kind of musical cosmopolitanism.
SUBA is a hymn to hope, to a new dawn of compassion and change in a post-pandemic world, and a visceral reiteration of humanity's prayer for peace and unity. The program weaves together themes of friendship and spiritual connection, travel and loss, hope and optimism, dancing and the sea, and a new sunrise. "Suba" means "sunrise" in Mandinka, Seckou's native language, and sunrise is his favorite time of day, a time of freshness and hope. “Even if you are facing some difficulties, you reset your brain to normal. You see the dawn as a new day, a new peace, something new, good or bad, something exciting. That was the feeling I had when I was writing with Omar.”
Other events in our series:
Monday, April 17, 2023 @ 7:30pm
Omar Sosa’s 88 Well-Tuned Drums, a new documentary
A Q&A with Soren Sorensen, Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita will follow the screening
Free and Open to the Public
Reservation required: https://www.eventcreate.com/gellerjazz/
Wednesday, April 19, 2022, 7:30pm
Donald Harrison Quintet
With opening set by the Fabian Almazan Quartet
Razzo Hall, Traina Center for the Arts
Tickets required ($20 general admission/$5 with Clark ID: https://www.eventcreate.com/gellerjazz/
You may also purchase a series ticket for all three events: $30 general admission/$10 with a Clark ID: https://www.eventcreate.com/gellerjazz/
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/1610269-0
