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Kairos Sextet: Transition
by Angelo Leonardi
Maturato sotto l'ala protettiva di Dafnis Prieto alla Frost School of Music, quest'ensemble di suoi ex allievi emerge come gruppo autonomo mantenendo un legame stilistico col maestro nel fantasioso dinamismo ritmico che caratterizza tutti i brani. Prieto contribuisce al lavoro discografico come produttore esecutivo e con una sua composizione («Triangles and Circles»). Il debutto è indubbiamente significativo e spesso appassionante, sia nella dimensione collettiva che nel ruolo dei singoli: il sestetto opera con maturità nel solco di un post-bop avanzato, ...
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by Troy Dostert
Given all the well-deserved attention that drummer Dafnis Prieto has been getting lately, it's understandable that one of his projects, the Kairos Sextet, is eager to acknowledge its debt to that supremely polyrhythmic composer and bandleader. But, make no mistake, this is a band really coming into its own, with plenty to say and a collective spirit that defines its independent identity quite convincingly. The eight exciting tracks on its debut album, Transition, herald an auspicious beginning to what will ...
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by Mike Jurkovic
Since coming to New York in '99, visionary Cuban drummer/percussionist/educator Dafnis Prieto has been the heartbeat in bands led by Henry Threadgill, Eddie Palmieri, Michel Camilo, Chucho Valdez, Bebo Valdez, Roy Hargrove, and Andrew Hill. He's found the time to be nominated for an '07 Grammy for Best Latin Album, Absolute Quintet (Soho, 2006); win a MacArthur Fellowship, be a jazz studies faculty member at NYU, and, in 2015 Prieto became a faculty member of Frost School of Music at ...
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