Fredy Omar songs. Although the zydeco and Cajun music of rural Louisiana is what first comes to mind (somewhat mistakenly) for most outsiders when they think of New Orleans music, the true sound of the city has always had an enormous dollop of ...

Fredy Omar CD discography. The debut album by Honduran-born, New Orleans-based bandleader Fredy Omar is a collection of Latin dance tunes performed in a distinctly New Orleans fashion. The dominant New Orleans musical style, as exemplified in decades of recordings by the likes of ...

Fredy Omar CD discography. Louisiana Philharmonic String Quartet: Amy THiaville, Rachael Jordan (violin); Bruce Owen (viola); Kaaren Makas (cello). On their second effort, Los Hombres Calientes exchange bassists (David Pulphus for Edwin Livingston), and Ronald Markham shows up on Hammond B-3 and keyboards. The record, a 71-minute, 18-cut musical treatise, features a much larger complement of vocalists and percussionists, and even a string quartet on three selections. Hombres Calientes, Vol. 2 also draws from a larger palette of Latin rhythms. The Yoruban chants on the trio of tunes near the end of the recording are most convincing -- "Alabi Oyo E," "Suite Obatala," and "Vamos a la Cima," all composed by percussionist Bill Summers, burst with emotional discourse. ...