Upcoming events
Space is Limited / Payment Due in Full by September 30, 2025
Join CBIEC at the Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival
Featuring a Welcome Party with rock legend Lenny Kravitz
October 22 - October 27, 2025
*Reduced rates available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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"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." ~ The New York Times
"This song makes me feel like I'm riding on a magic carpet"
CBIEC Annual Napa Valley Wine and Jazz Tour - April 4, 2025
Early Bird: $115 before 2/28/25
Last Chance: $125 after 2/28/25
Pay Direct at: https://b2769428-cb99-4791-b663-6b0375893af3.paylinks.godaddy.com/NapaWineJazzOmarSosa
Omar Sosa Music: https://omarsosa.com
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Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita - Suba Trio - Featuring Gustavo Ovalles
Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa is one of the most versatile jazz artists on the scene today. He fuses a wide range of jazz, world music, and electronic elements with his native Afro-Cuban roots to create a fresh and original urban sound – all with a Latin jazz heart. Mr. Sosa received a lifetime achievement award from the Smithsonian Associates in Washington, DC in 2003 for his contribution to the development of Latin jazz in the United States. Over the years, Omar has been nominated six times for a GRAMMY and twice for the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards.
Mr. Sosa was born in Camagüey, Cuba in 1965. He moved to Havana in 1980 to continue his music studies at the prestigious Escuela Nacional de Música, finishing his formal training at the Instituto Superior de Arte in 1983. Among his influences, Omar cites traditional Afro-Cuban music, European classical composers (including Chopin, Bartok, and Satie), Monk, Coltrane, Parker, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Chucho Valdés, and the pioneering Cuban jazz group Irakere.
For More Information About Omar Sosa:
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Caribbean Basin Institute for Education and Culture
Caribbean Flavor-Cuba - Feat. Pellejo Seco Afro Cuban Band
Caribbean American Heritage Month June 2024
A DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT
SAN FRANCISCO/SFAACC News (8/17/22) ~ Left to Right: Esther Vicente, Executive Director, CB Institute; Middle: Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera, Cuba’s Chargé d’Affaires to the United States; Right: Brigette R. LeBlanc, MTA- Vice Chairwoman of The Board, SF Black Chamber of Commerce - Sponsored by: Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Fred Jordan, SFAACC Chairman of the Board. Featuring a presentation and discussion concerning the status of Cuba under current diplomatic relations.
Omar Sosa
Omar Sosa emigrated from Cuba in 1993. Omar is a 7-time Grammy-nominated pianist and composer to the Latin Jazz influences of his formative years in late 1980's and early 1990s Havana.
https://omarsosa.com/media/quarteto-afrocubano-videos/
Napa Valley Jazz & Wine Tour
August 7, 2022 - $75
9:30 a.m. – Sharp!
Meet at Town & Country Village, 2651 El Paseo Ln, Sacramento, CA 95821
We’ll meet/load up near the Sheriff’s Neighborhood Station
9:45 a.m. – Depart for Napa Valley
Complimentary Continental Breakfast & Mimosas
11:00 a.m. – Arrive Napa Valley
11:30 a.m. – Lunch at TBD
1:00 p.m. – Wine Tasting at TBD Winer
August 7, 2022 - $75
9:30 a.m. – Sharp!
Meet at Town & Country Village, 2651 El Paseo Ln, Sacramento, CA 95821
We’ll meet/load up near the Sheriff’s Neighborhood Station
9:45 a.m. – Depart for Napa Valley
Complimentary Continental Breakfast & Mimosas
11:00 a.m. – Arrive Napa Valley
11:30 a.m. – Lunch at TBD
1:00 p.m. – Wine Tasting at TBD Winery
3:00 p.m. – Omar Sosa at the Blue Note, Napa Valley
4:30 p.m. – Depart for Sacramento
6:00 p.m. – Arrive Sacramento
Blue Note Tickets Only
Blue Note Tickets Only
Join the Caribbean Basin Institute for Education and Culture Board and Friends for an afternoon with Omar Sosa and the Quarteto Americanos.
$55
