Half Note Records is proud to release Omar Sosa Sextet's ACROSS THE DIVIDE: A Tale of Rhythm & Ancestry on 3/24/09. Across The Divide is a song cycle highlighting the shared rhythms and ancestry of Cuban pianist OMAR SOSA and New England multi-instrumentalist and vocalist TIM ERIKSEN, a specialist in native and adopted American musics. It is a narrative, a tale of musical and spiritual passage, drawn from the roots of our common cultures. It is a folkloric music illuminating the slave traditions of the Middle Passage and yielding a pathfinding hybrid - Latin Jazz, augmented by electronics and with World and Americana influences.

The Omar Sosa Sextet:
Omar Sosa - piano
Tim Eriksen - vocals, banjo, fiddle
Leandro Saint-Hill - saxophone & woodwinds
David Gilmore - guitar
Childo Tomas, bass & vocals
Marque Gilmore - drums & samples

Tracks:
1. Promised Land
2. Glu-Glu
3. Gabriel's Trumpet
4. Across Africa (The Dream)
5. Across Africa (Arrival)
6. Sugar Baby Blues
7. Night Of The Four Songs
8. Solstice
9. Ancestors

Official Release Date:
3/24/09

For more information please visit www.omarsosa.com & www.bluenotejazz.com (menos información)