PLOIESTI HOT JAZZ SUMMIT
JAZZ FORUM 03
PLOIESTI HOT JAZZ SUMMIT 2013
Sunday,19th of May 2013 - All concerts shall be held at "Toma Caragiu" Theatre
19:30 - ANTONIO FLINTA QUARTET (ITALY)
“The group has a swinging, soulful sound and the ability to work grooves with cool precision…there’s a bit of McCoy Tyner in Antonio Flinta’s attack and a touch of Bill Evans in his improvisations…This trio takes its cues from the wide mainstream of American Jazz piano but add their own distinctive energy to the sound”
Cadence Magazine (USA)
..."a wonderful balance between technical proficiency, knowledge of jazz history and contemporary creativity"
Bruno Pollacci-Anima jazz
21:30 - OMAR SOSA-THE NEW AFRO-CUBAN QUARTET (CUBA)
"Sosa's music is the unifying sort, yoking together Africa and jazz and Latin America and hip-hop. He makes it work, being one of those rare birds whose keyboard skills are near those of Chick Corea or Chucho Valdés."
Ben Ratliff, New York Times
"At the core of Sosa's music, there's the impulse to connect disparate sources, to explore old links, to make an ancient culture whole again by pushing it forward."
Fernando Gonzalez, THE WASHINGTON POST, March 13, 2002