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L’Espace Julien & Salsapaca présentent le vendredi 26 janvier 2007 à partir de 19h30 à l'Espace Julien 39 Cours Julien – 13006 Marseille

Jamón, Salsa Y Vídeo

Après le succès de la 1ère édition, le 8 décembre dernier, qui s'est tenue à guichet fermé au Café Julien, cette nouvelle soirée investira la grande salle, sous les lustres et les dorures de l'Espace Julien !

... et pour ceux qui n'était pas parmi nous le 8 décembre dernier, un aperçu de l'ambiance de la 1ère soirée Jamón, Salsa y Vídeo en images, à partir de la page : www.salsapaca.com/lieu/espace_julien.htm

_ Tarif : 10 euros Restauration sur place. Réservation conseillée au 04 91 48 39 79 / 06 16 09 65 95

_ Contacts Sonia Kurdian - Espace Julien - 39 cours julien - 13006 Marseille - T. 04 91 24 34 10 - F. 04 91 42 67 82 contact@espace-julien.com - http://www.espace-julien.com

SALSERAS, SALSEROS, todo el mundo,

encore qq jours avant la 1e d'une longue série de soirées de + en + folles !

vendredi 19 janvier : SALSA NOCHE au 20h - TRIDELICE à ANGLET

attention, des danseurs bordelais feront la route pour vous déhancher...dès l'apéro.

adresse : le Tridélice - Anglet - 20 av Guynemer

samedi 10 février : SALSA CALIENTE au TEXAN à Capbreton

un régal, du RE-régal et des grillades TEX MEX SALSA CALIENTE !

adresse : le TEXAN - Z.A de Capbreton (derrière Leclerc)

¡ Gózate de la vida, de tus noches, de tus fiestas, de tu familia … ....de cada instante que esta te ofrece ! L'Esprit G.O. Salsa

Groundation, Easy Star All Stars, Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators, Shaolin Temple Defenders, Martha High, Seyni & Yéliba, La Chango Family, Ken Boothe, Irie Revoltes, SOJA “Soldiers of Jah Army”, Pama International, Yerba Buena, Lieutenant Foxy, Dubmatix, Dennis Alcapone & Winston Ridley (Cimarons), Zion Train, Three and a Quarter, …

NICOLE WILLIS AND THE SOUL INVESTIGATORS (Usa/ Finlande)

la nouvelle diva de la soul et du funk !!!

www.myspace.com/nicolewillisandthesoulinvestigators

En concert en france : 8 decembre Transmusicales, 9 decembre Angouleme, 10 Decembre Paris

Available: Du 1er au 10 juin +Summer festivals

Exclusive French agent

SHAOLIN TEMPLE DEFENDERS (Fr – Wild soul funk 60’s)

Le groupe fer de lance du revival soul funk en France

www.myspace.com/shaolintempledefenders1

En concert, 8 décembre Transmusicales, 9 décembre Angoulême, 10 Decembre Paris

Available: from March to summer festivals

Exclusive European agent

SHAOLIN TEMPLE DEFENDERS invite MARTHA HIGH !!!

La diva de soul, choriste de James Brown, Maceo Parker, Police…

www.marthahigh.com

Available From 18 March to 18 April & Summer Festivals – Set Shaolin + Set Martha high backed by Shaolin temple!!!

Exclusive French agent

S.O.J.A .Soldiers Of Jah Army (usa)

Le son reggae de Washington, produit par Jim Fox (Groundation, Israël Vibration…)

www.myspace.com/sojarevolution

Available: From 24 May to 4 June & Summer Festivals

Exclusive European agent

KEN BOOTHE (Jamaique)

www.musicaction.fr

Available: Summer festivals

Exclusive European agent*

(*En accord avec Dik Sud et (A) La Folie)

IRIE REVOLTES (Allemagne)

Attention, a suivre de pres. La revelation Allemande qui chante en Français !!! Entre Zebda, spook and the Guay, Massilia Sound system et Sinsemilia !!!

www.myspace.com/irierevoltes

Available: May +summer festivals + October

Exclusive French agent

YERBA BUENA (usa)

L’ovni de la nouvelle scene latino

www.myspace.com/yerbabuenamusic

Available: Summer Festivals + Autumn

Booking France

DENNIS ALCAPONE (Jamaïque) + WINSTON REEDY (Leader des Cimarons – uk)

Backing band FAYA DUB (En accord avec Zamora Production)

Available: May +Summer festivals

Booking France

ZION TRAIN (uk)

Les pionnier de l’electro dub !!!

Available: Summer Festivals

Exclusive French agent

GROUNDATION (usa)

Les nouveaux ambassadeur européen du reggae( Olympia le 1er mars 2007)

www.myspace.com/groundation

Tournee : Europe 5 fevrier au 5 mars

Available: Summer festivals

Exclusive European agent

EASY STAR ALL-STARS (usa)

Apres le legendaire “Dub Side of the moon” ils reviennent avec RADIODREAD !!!

www.myspace.com/easystarallstars ou www.myspace.com/easystarallstars1

Concert unique le 9 decembre aux Transmusicales.

Available : July Summer festivals

Exclusive French agent

SEYNI KOUYATE & Yéliba (Guinée/Fr)

Mélange précursseur de reggae et musique Traditionnelle africaine, Quand le balafon africain rencontre le skank Jamaiquain.

www.seyni.com

Available from March to summer festivals

Exclusive European agent

LA CHANGO FAMILY (Quebec)

La revelation @lter Native du Quebec

www.myspace.com/lachngofamily

Available From 1st April to summer festivals

Exclusive European agent

PAMA INTERNATIONAL (Uk) – Rocksteady

Seule nouvelle signature Trojan depuis 25 ans!! Avec des membres des Specials, Bentley rythme ace !

www.myspace.com/pamainternational

Available: Summer festivals

Booking France

LIEUTENANT FOXY (Fr)

Garde a vous, Ital, Dub, reggae !! Son album sort le 15 mars (Soulbeats Records/ Nocturne) avec en invite : Winston Mc Anuff, Seyni kouyaté, Pupa Claudio

www.myspace.com/lieutenantfoxy

Available: From March to summer festivals

Exclusive European agent

DUBMATIX (Toronto)

le son reggae qui nous viens du quebec

www.myspace.com/therealdubmatix

Available:Du 1er au 10 Mars (Plateau avec Lieutenant Foxy) + Summer festivals

Booking France

THREE AND A QUARTER (Portugal)

Du bon punk reggae,, entre Sublime, bad Brains et les Beastie boys

www.myspace.com/threeandaquarter

Available: April +Summer Festivals

Exclusive French agent

Music'Action

3 impasse du Mirail

33250 Cissac-Médoc - France

Tel: 0033 (0)556 73 91 14

Fax:0033 (0)556 73 93 48

www.musicaction.fr

www.reggae-sun-ska.com

Reggae Sun Ska Festival!!

Omar Sosa Winter-Spring 2007 Tour Schedule

Including Jakarta, Réunion Island, and Shanghai... plus France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the U.S. For details, please visit www.melodia.com.

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January-February 2007

January 19, 2007 Fiestas de San Sebastian Plaza Santa Eulalia Palma de Mallorca SPAIN

February 8, 2007 L'Auditori Moderna Barcelona SPAIN www.auditori.com

February 9, 2007 MJC Brequigny Rennes FRANCE www.mjcbrequigny.com

February 10, 2007 Le Sterenn Trégunc (Brittany) FRANCE www.tregunc.fr

February 17, 2007 Centre de Diffusion et d'Action Culturelle Nice FRANCE www.cedac-nice.com

Drawing by Alessandro Curadi

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March 2007

March 2 & 4, 2007 Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival Jakarta INDONESIA www.javajazzfestival.com

March 9, 2007 SF JAZZ Presents Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco, CA U.S.A. www.sfjazz.org

March 14, 2007 Baluardo della Cittadella Modena ITALY www.baluardodellacittadella.it

March 15, 2007 Teatro Camploy Verona ITALY www.comune.verona.it/teatrocamploy

March 16, 2007 Teatro di Mirano Mirano ITALY www.venetojazz.com

March 17, 2007 Piccolo Regio Torino ITALY www.teatroregio.torino.it

March 18, 2007 Les Docks Lausanne SWITZERLAND www.lesdocks.ch

Photo by Tom Ehrlich

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April-May-June 2007

April 14, 2007 Kölner Philharmonie Cologne GERMANY www.koelnmusik.de

April 20, 2007 Cape May Jazz Festival Cape May, NJ U.S.A. www.capemayjazz.com

April 21, 2007 Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC U.S.A. www.si.edu

April 26, 2007 Music Hall University of Wisconsin Madison, WI U.S.A. www.youthspeakswisconsin.org

April 28, 2007 Da Camera Presents Cullen Theater Wortham Theater Center Houston, TX U.S.A. www.dacamera.com

May 5, 2007 Shanghai International Jazz Festival Jazzy Shanghai Shanghai CHINA

May 11 & 12, 2007 Theatre de Plein Air Saint-Gilles Le Tampon REUNION ISLAND www.ilereunion.com/odc

May 19, 2007 Jazz en Luberon Apt FRANCE www.jazzlub.free.fr

May 26, 2007 Festival de las Tres Culturas Murcia SPAIN

June 7, 2007 Festival Jazzellerault Chatellerault FRANCE www.jazzellerault.com

June 12 & 13, 2007 Blue Note New York, NY U.S.A. www.bluenote.net

June 14, 2007 Regattabar Cambridge, MA U.S.A. www.regattabarjazz.com

June 15, 2007 Rochester Jazz Festival Rochester, NY U.S.A. www.rochesterjazz.com

Photo by David Garten

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"Live à FIP" in Review

To order "Live à FIP" and other Omar Sosa CDs, please visit www.melodia.com.

"The expression 'Afro-Cuban' has become a cliché, and as a result is too easily misapplied. This is one reason why it's vital to check in with Omar Sosa. Throughout this performance he stokes the African and the Cuban fires: Each burns distinctly from the other while illuminating the place between them. It's this place where Sosa pitches his musical camp and works his magic.

This is hardly the first time these pieces have been assembled, but few have arranged them as persuasively as Sosa into pictures so dreamy yet with details so finely chiseled. This concert in Paris, with its mingling of lustrous textures and passionate poetry, bebop flashes and world-music spaciousness sent the audience home feeling good about what they'd heard."

-Downbeat, January 2007

"Spare, melodic lines whispering past on the breeze of a blown kiss. Squat, atonal chord bursts delivered with the lickety-split surprise of a grazing jab. Phrases that rumble in low, then strike lightning. Like fellow Cuban-born pianists Rubén González and Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Omar Sosa prefers the percussive approach. Unlike his latest studio recordings, though - which are characterized by a meditative, poetic cadence - this set, taped in front of a live studio audience at Radio France in Paris, is all about the crescendo.

Fluent in the retrospective pulse of Latin bop and the hummable harmonies of sub-Saharan pop, here Sosa walks the thin line between inventive fusion and cloying smooth jazz. The quintet never trips over into schmaltz, though, thanks to Sosa's sly solos and unwillingness to let the band get stuck in a rhythmic rut. The result is a hook-laden hybrid that even jaundiced purists can enjoy (mostly) guilt free. On a melancholy note, featured conga master and former Afro-Cuban All Star, Miguel 'Angá' Diaz, whose unique, five-drum technique brings a crackle to Sosa's fire, died of a heart attack in August at age 45."

-UTNE Reader, January-February 2007

For Omar Sosa booking and distribution information, please visit www.melodia.com, or for general information, please email otarecords@melodia.com.