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Dafnis Prieto: About The Monks

Read "About The Monks" reviewed by Russ Musto

by Russ Musto
February 26, 2005

Dafnis Prieto is easily the most impressive young drummer to come on the jazz scene during the past decade. Possessing awesome virtuosity and astonishing versatility, Prieto has made important contributions since arriving from Cuba to the music of a broad range of leaders, from Eddie Palmieri and Chucho Valdes, to Steve Coleman and Henry Threadgill, to Claudia Acu'a and Michel Camilo. On About The Monks , his debut as leader, he's joined by veteran trumpeter Brian Lynch and fellow recent ...

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Dafnis Prieto: About the Monks

Read "About the Monks" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
January 28, 2005

If you're curious about new directions in Latin jazz, then let percussionist Dafnis Prieto's About the Monks point the way. Upon arriving from Cuba in 1999, Prieto has been a key performer with some heavy names, like avant-garde saxophonist Henry Threadgill and Latin heavyweights Eddie Palmieri, Chucho Valdes, and Michael Camillo. Not just your typical Afro-Cuban drummer, Prieto combines cultural rhythms with mainstream and free jazz styles that speak of a fresh outlook similar to other younger jazz artists, such ...

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Dafnis Prieto: About the Monks

by Tomas Pena
December 22, 2004

His arrival in the U.S. has been compared to that of an asteroid hitting New York. Indeed, in the relatively short period of time Dafnis Prieto's revolutionary drumming techniques have had an astronomical impact on both the Latin and jazz music scene,locally and internationally.As a youngster Prieto studied at the school of Fine Arts in Santa Clara, Cuba. Later, he studied at the National School of Music in Havana, where he received a thorough classical education, and ever ...