Omar Sosa and Paolo Fresu

Perform from their Album

‘Alma’

By Marco Werman ⋅ February 28, 2013  

Omar Sosa (L) and Paolo Fresu (R) in Fraser Studio at WGBH. (Photo: Marco Werman)

I’ve been following the respective careers of Omar Sosa and Paolo Fresu for more than 10 years.

Sosa is a Cuban jazz pianist and Fresu is an Italian trumpet player.

As soloists, they push beyond the conventional limits of jazz.

But then I heard that Sosa and Fresu began a collaboration a few years ago, I thought, “wow.”

So when they came to a Boston jazz club a couple of weeks ago, I had to get them to our studios for a chat perform some of their incredible music.

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Omar Sosa's website

Paolo Fresu's website

Tom Schnabel's DJ Pick 'Alma'