{"id":10164,"date":"2017-02-16T05:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T05:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2017\/02\/16\/first-listen-omar-sosa-seckou-keita-transparent-water\/"},"modified":"2017-02-16T05:00:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T05:00:18","slug":"first-listen-omar-sosa-seckou-keita-transparent-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/first-listen-omar-sosa-seckou-keita-transparent-water\/","title":{"rendered":"First Listen: Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita, 'Transparent Water'"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita’s new album, Transparent Water<\/em>, comes out February 24.<\/p>\n

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Omar Sosa seemingly can do no wrong.<\/p>\n

Every album the jazz pianist releases is, if not exactly better than the last, arguably more profound. His exploration of Afro-Cuban music in all of its forms ends up sounding like an intense Yoruban meditation on life cycles and existence. His piano is not a musical instrument but a conduit to spiritual awareness. Live and on record, I’m often transported and seduced by his music, which reaches for the sublime and eternal. (Can you tell I’m a fan?)<\/p>\n

And just when I thought “No, way, he can’t keep raising the bar with every release!” along comes Transparent Water, <\/em>a record co-credited to Senegalese kora master Seckou Keita.<\/p>\n

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