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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. Josh Jones’ Trio at the time, including Omar and bassist Geoff Brennan, played frequently at Bay Area clubs. Josh remains one of Omar’s favorite drummers – a versatile musician and educator equally at home in Latin, jazz, hip-hop, and fusion styles. Sheldon Brown was a member of Omar’s first Septet ensemble in the Bay Area, performing in San Francisco and Oakland and around the world in support of Omar’s earliest recording projects, ‘Free Roots’, ‘Spirit of the Roots’, and ‘Bembón’, also known as the Roots Trilogy. Sheldon is a talented composer, arranger and producer whose first recording, ‘Shifting Currents‘, caught Omar’s ear when he first moved to San Francisco in 1995. Ernesto Mazar Kindelán is a dynamic Cuban musician who came to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2014 following a ten-year stint with Charanga Habanera, the celebrated Cuban timba band from Havana.

Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos

Hart Plaza

An astonishing constellation of Cuban jazz pianists has surged through doors first opened by Chucho Valdés, but even amidst this glittering array, Omar Sosa stands out as a singular figure. It’s been far too long since he performed at the Festival, but the impact he made on the Bay Area scene during his relatively brief sojourn here is as remarkable as his ever-evolving music

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Stanford University

Featuring compositions originally recorded with Germany's NDR Bigband, arranged by Jaques Morelenbaum

Pianist

Omar Sosa

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 5, 2026

Omar Sosa Big Band: Es:sensual · San Francisco Jazz

Past events

Aug 31, 2025

Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos · Detroit Jazz Festival

Jul 8, 2023

Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos · Stanford University Department of Music

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