Omar Sosa: Quarteto Americanos Live Concert Recording Event (Night 1)

Featuring Josh Jones, Sheldon Brown, and Ernesto Mazar Kindelán

Quarteto Americanos is Omar Sosa’s first U.S.-based jazz ensemble since the 1990s! Featuring drummer
Josh Jones, bassist Ernesto Mazar Kindelán, and saxophone / clarinet / flute player Sheldon Brown, the group came together in February 2021 when Omar was in the Bay Area for several live streams. Connecting
with Josh and Sheldon was a gratifying reunion for Omar, as he played extensively with them during his
early days in San Francisco and Oakland in the late 1990s.

Omar’s Quarteto Americanos plays a number of arrangements of Omar’s signature compositions from his
early career, including ‘My Three Notes’, ‘Angustia’, and ‘Toridanzón’, as well as new songs written by
Omar in Barcelona during the lockdown in 2020. Like Omar’s oeuvre, Quarteto Americanos’ repertoire is
eclectic and energizing. Its improvisational approach seamlessly fuses elements of jazz, Latin, hip-hop, and
electronica into an exciting, passionate, contemporary sound.