Omar Sosa: Eggun

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A tribute to trumpet legend m: Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959), without a single song from the record? The answer: an emphatic "Yes!" In 2009, piano wizard Omar Sosa received a commission from the Barcelona Jazz Festival to "compose and produce a tribute performance to Miles Davis' classic recording, Kind Of Blue, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary." The keyword there is "tribute"; not "facsimile" or "rewrite." Even if they had asked Sosa for such a thing, they would have been unlikely to get it from such an original player. His Davis-like reputation as an uncompromising artist who does his own thing, regardless of trends, made him the perfect choice for such a project and he didn't--and doesn't--disappoint. It took a few years for the music to get recorded and make it to the marketplace, but it's here now and it's stunning...

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