Cat No:
OTA1021
Release Date: 22 February 2010
Label: OTA Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 616444102127
Genres: Jazz World Music
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Description
Ceremony is a major project, the fruit of pianist-composer Omar Sosa's first big-band collaboration with composer-arranger-cellist Jaques Morelenbaum, Hamburg's 18–piece NDR Bigband (North German Radio / Norddeutscher Rundfunk), and the Omar Sosa Quartet.
Recorded in two sessions (2007 and 2008) at NDR's Hamburg studios, under the direction of Morelenbaum and Sosa, Ceremony features Morelenbaum's brilliant arrangements of selections from Omar's Spirit Of The Roots (1999), Bembón (2000), and Afreecanos (2009) CDs - together with two new Sosa offerings, "Llegada Con Elegba" (the introductory track) and "Salida Con Elegba" (the closing piece).
Ceremony takes something of the structure of a sacred batá ceremony, invoking a panoply of Yoruba deities, while also delving into the Cuban son, danzón, and cha-cha-cha. Reflecting Sosa's own spiritual grounding, Ceremony opens in sacramental veneration of Elegba, the divine messenger and guardian spirit, the all-powerful medium and diviner of human fate. "Changó En Esmeraldas" is an extended tribute to the deity of thunder and lightning, fire and moral retribution, and a reflection upon Sosa's musical sojourn in the Afro-Ecuadorian community of Esmeraldas. "Yemaya En Agua Larga" honors the great mother and goddess of the sea, the moon, creation, and female mystery. In keeping with Yoruba tradition, Ceremony exits with a final ritual salutation to Elegba.
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Tracklisting
- 1. Llegada Con Elegba
- 2. Chango En Esmeraldas
- 3. Danzon De Tus Ojos
- 4. Yemaya En Agua Larga
- 5. Luz En El Cielo
- 6. Cha Con Marimba
- 7. Mi Tradicion
- 8. Carambaba
- 9. Monkuru
- 10. Salida Con Elegba
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