In Cuban music, emotional grandeur and extravagant virtuosity is built on a foundation of inexhaustible rhythm. So, it's no surprise to find an abundance of juicy melodies and breathtaking drumming on ...
From Santa Clara, Cuba, Dafnis Prieto’s revolutionary drumming techniques and compositions have had a powerful impact on the Latin and Jazz music scene, nationally and internationally. Various awards ...
Dafnis Prieto came to New York from Cuba more than a decade ago. He needed very little time to scare the pants off most drummers in jazz and Afro-Cuban music. (Hear him demonstrate how he plays clave ...
Triangles and Circles, the new album from Dafnis Prieto, blends Afro-Cuban beats, blues feeling and spontaneous rhythmic variations. Critic Kevin Whitehead says that drums are at the album's heart.
The 2018 Reno Jazz Festival will feature performances by drummer Dafnis Prieto and multi-talented musician and composer Peter Apfelbaum during the three-day jazz festival. In addition to evening ...
Internationally acclaimed drummer, composer and MacArthur Fellow Dafnis Prieto and his dynamic Sí o Sí Quartet will perform at UB at 7:30 p.m. March 28 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North ...
NEW YORK - In a prominent spot on the shelf in the peaceful living room of drummer Dafnis Prieto’s apartment in Washington Heights sits a row of books on one of Prieto’s favorite subjects: optical ...
The arrival in the U.S. of Cuban-born drummer Dafnis Prieto has been compared by to that of an asteroid hitting New York. In addition to releasing five critically-acclaimed recordings under his own ...
Having given the New York Latin jazz scene a good shake in the last six years, Dafnis Prieto took only one set to prove a point: This slightly built, boyish-looking Cuban is a phenomenal drummer.
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