Prietos [CD]

Prietos blazes new musical trails with its explosive mix of sounds from Cuba, Morocco, Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and the United States. Voices and instruments from all of these cultures find joyful expression in this fresh, powerful, passionate album. Exploring Latin jazz beyond its traditional Cubop forms, Omar Sosa juxtaposes folkloric melodies and rhythms with contemporary jazz harmonies - a 21st century mix of Thelonious Monk and Eddie Palmieri. World Jazz in its truest sense.