Tag: Dafnis Prieto
Dafnis Prieto Sextet to Release “Transparency” on Dafnison Music
As the follow-up to his GRAMMY-winning big band album, Back to the Sunset, which DownBeat called "one...
Pacific Mambo Orchestra: The III Side
Editor's Pick · Featured Album
The Pacific Mambo Orchestra takes its name from the form of Cuban dance music pioneered by the charanga group Arcaño...
Dafnis Prieto: Rhythmic Synchronicity
A review of the book by Dafnis Prieto, entitled Rhythmic Synchronicity – Individual and Collective Drumming Skills: A rhythmic course for non-drummers
Anyone who has...
Dafnis Prieto Big Band: ‘Danzonish Potpourri’
"That Dafnis Prieto has undertaken an epic musical voyage is clear from the music on this disc. Back to the Sunset, is the culmination...
Dafnis Prieto To Make Historic Return To Cuba in 2019
Continuing Banner Year in 2018/19, Dafnis Prieto Big Band Earns Grammy Nomination
2018/19 is shaping up to be an extraordinary year for Cuban-born drummer, composer,...
Dafnis Prieto Big Band: Back to the Sunset
That Dafnis Prieto has undertaken an epic musical voyage is clear from the music on this disc. Back to the Sunset, is the culmination...
Dafnis Prieto: To the Sunset… and Beyond
Of the many – and often chameleonic – ways to describe the music of Dafnis Prieto the word “questing” comes to mind most often...
A World of Rhythmic Possibilities by Dafnis Prieto
Drumming is as universal and personal as life itself. This book comes from a great sense of passion and love – a “love story”...
Artist Profile: Dafnis Prieto
Dafnis Prieto hails from Santa Clara, Cuba. His revolutionary drumming techniques and compositions have had a powerful impact on the Latin and Jazz music...
Back To The Sunset With The Dafnis Prieto Big Band
Dafnison Music To Release Dafnis Prieto Big Band's Debut Album, Back To The Sunset, April 6, 2018, At The Label's 10th Anniversary
Inspired to make...
Nuevo Jazz Latino is Back at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Back by extremely popular demand, Nuevo Jazz Latino returns to The Appel Room
Friday, November 3, 2017 and Saturday, November 4, 2017. 7:00 and 9:30...
Roberto Occhipinti: Stabilimento
The powerful, sinuous pizzicato of Roberto Occhipinti has bellowed from the depths of Jane Bunnett’s and Hilario Durán’s bands for several decades. During that...
Dafnis Prieto Big Band Fundraising Campaign
Inspired to make his biggest statement yet, Dafnis Prieto is thrilled to embark on a new musical adventure with his new recording, Tribute — his first...
Stefano Bollani Trio At Koerner Hall
TD Jazz: The Art of the Trio Concert Series
The Royal Conservatory of Music featured the Stefano Bollani Trio & the Roberto Occhipinti Trio on...
Stefano Bollani Trio & Roberto Occhipinti Trio at Koerner Hall
2016-2017 Season, The Royal Conservatory, Jazz, TD Jazz: The Art of the Trio
Stefano Bollani Trio & Roberto Occhipinti Trio
DATE: Friday, November 18, 2016 |...
Iván “Melón” Lewis: Ayer y Hoy
Iván “Melón” Lewis leapt to attention in a single bound backing up the wonderful singer, Buika, and ever since then he has been unfolding...
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra: Cuba – The Conversation Continues
The year 2015 has seen two monumental musical works where Afro-Caribbean music collides with Jazz: The first is Elio Villafranca’s suite, Cinque which was...
Doug Beavers: Titanes del Trombón
The Battle has begun, the Battle of… Titans!
The Grammy Award winner Doug Beavers brings us his exquisite, new album, Titanes del Trombón, a tremendous...
Dafnis Prieto On “Triangles and Circles”
Dafnis Prieto - Biography
A classically trained musician who absorbed from an early age the multifaceted percussive traditions of his native Cuba, Prieto transposes elements...
Dafnis Prieto Sextet: Triangles and Circles
It is rare indeed to find drummers who can think like pianists; even rarer to find one that thinks like a saxophonist, a trumpeter,...