Acclaimed Cuban keyboardist Omar Sosa and Senegalese kora maestro Seckou Keita have announced the release of a new album titled ‘Suba” and a UK tour in the fall.
The band will also feature Gustavo Ovalles on percussion; Jaques Morelenbaum on cello; and Dramane Dembélé on flute. Suba means ‘sunrise’ in Mandinka, one of Seckou’s languages from Senegal. The album gives a message of hope and unity for a post-COVID world.
Music from an earlier collaboration:
U.K. Tour Dates November 2021
November 17
Howard Assembly Room • Leeds
www.operanorth.co.uk
November 18
SJE Arts • Oxford
www.ocmevents.org
November 19
EFG London Jazz Festival
Queen Elizabeth Hall
www.efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk
November 20
Galeri • Caernarfon
www.galericaernarfon.com
November 21
The Stoller Hall • Manchester
www.stollerhall.com
November 22
Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room
www.liverpoolphil.com
November 23
The Apex • Bury St. Edmunds
www.theapex.co.uk
November 24
Lakeside Arts • Nottingham
www.lakesidearts.org.uk
November 25
St. George’s • Bristol
www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
(headline image: Omar Sosa, Seckou Keita, Gustavo Ovalles: SUBA Trio — photo by Andrés Pino)
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Th tour is also at Taliesin Swansea on 27/11/21