With the spectacularly intriguing album Cantar the drummer, composer, pedagogue and – now in one fell swoop – an out-and-out songwriter as well, Dafnis Prieto makes...
There is a segment in the short, documentary film “Regresar – Back in Cuba” (2019) where Dafnis Prieto says to a contingent of students, “When I...
In this special collaboration poised to be a top release of 2022, GRAMMY-winning Cuban-born drummer, composer, bandleader, and 2011 MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Dafnis Prieto unites with...
As the follow-up to his GRAMMY-winning big band album, Back to the Sunset, which DownBeat called “one of the best recordings of the year,” Cuban-born drummer,...
“That Dafnis Prieto has undertaken an epic musical voyage is clear from the music on this disc. Back to the Sunset, is the culmination of a...
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, bandleader,...
That Dafnis Prieto has undertaken an epic musical voyage is clear from the music on this disc. Back to the Sunset, is the culmination of a...
Of the many – and often chameleonic – ways to describe the music of Dafnis Prieto the word “questing” comes to mind most often and also...
Drumming is as universal and personal as life itself. This book comes from a great sense of passion and love – a “love story” dedicated to...
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 his...
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 big band...
Dafnis Prieto – Biography A classically trained musician who absorbed from an early age the multifaceted percussive traditions of his native Cuba, Prieto transposes elements from...
It is rare indeed to find drummers who can think like pianists; even rarer to find one that thinks like a saxophonist, a trumpeter, bassist and...