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From Babble to Rhythm, Cuban Style
Near the close of his roughly hourlong concert at the Museum of Modern Art on Sunday night, Dafnis Prieto stepped out from behind his drum kit with a pair of claves in hand. He struck up a familiar pattern--the syncopated heartbeat, also called clave, that underpins virtually all Afro-Cuban music--and proceeded to scat in a polysyllabic ...
WBGO's Michael Bourne to Host/MC the Litchfield Jazz Festival in Kent, CT
Litchfield Jazz Festival July 31 August 2, 2009 Kent School, Kent, CT 860-567-4162 Kent, CT-- The Litchfield Jazz Festival announces a celebrity host and MC for the 2009 Litchfield Jazz Festival, WBGOs Michael Bourne. Michael is a long-time jazz journalist and broadcaster: 40 years as a senior contributor to DownBeat ...
Jazz Journalists Association Names Arturo O'Farrill's "Song for Chico" Latin Album of the Year
Song for Chico (Zoho Records), Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra’s 2008 release that pays tribute to the pianist’s bandleader father, the late Chico O'Farrill, has been named Latin Album of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association. The organization, an international collective of more than 400 writers, editors, photographers, broadcasters, filmmakers, educators and media ...
Dafnis Prieto: Upcoming Performances
May 27th - WNYC / Dafnis Prieto Si o Si Quartet in The Greene Space at 8:00 pm / Free admission. Peter Apfelbaum sax, Manuel Valera piano, Charles Flores bass, Dafnis Prieto drums. guest / Vennisa Santi vocal. 44 Charlton St (at Varick), Manhattan , NY. June 1 to 6 - Banff International Workshop, Canada / ...
Two for the Show Media Celebrates Another Year Serving the Jazz World
2009 marks another year in the books for the Jazz publicity firm Two for the Show Media. The agency based out of New York welcomed in the New Year with two grammy nominations (Peter Erskine & Arturo O’Farrill) and one Grammy win for Best Latin Jazz CD for “Song for Chico” (Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro-Latin ...
Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense - Episode Two: 12 Notes in Real Time
by John Kelman
Episode One | Episode Two | Episode Three | Episode Four ---> Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present TenseEpisode Two: 12 Notes in Real Time The Documentary ChannelApril 27, 2009, 09:00-10:00PMParadigm Studio2009After a promising launch on April 20, 2009, with ...
Litchfield Jazz Fest Line-up Announced: July 31-August 2, 2009
A Quick Look at the Litchfield Jazz Festival July 31-August 2, 2009 Grounds of Kent School, Kent, CT The Litchfield Jazz Festival, now in its fourteenth summer, is thrilled to announce the 2009 line-up and its move to the gorgeous campus of Kent School in Kent, Connecticut. This summers festival, named a Top 100 ...
Dafnis Prieto Si O Si Quartet Live at the Jazz Standard -Live Recording
Drummer/Composer & Bandleader Dafnis Prieto will be performing with his SI O SI Quartet at The Jazz Standard in New York City from Friday March 20th, 2009 thru Sunday March 22nd, 2009. Set Times are 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM – with an 11:30PM set added on Friday and Saturday. This performance is being recorded for ...
Taking the Soul for a Walk
Label: Dafnison Music
Released: 2008
Track listing: Taking the Soul for a Walk; The Sooner the Better; En las Ruinas de su Infancia; Until the Last Minute; Comandante; Just Say It; Tell Me About Her; Two Excuses; I Felt You Were Coming; Prelude para Rosa; You'll Never Say Yes; Emergency Call.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Launches Free Jazz Concert Series
Dafnis Prieto, Jovino Santos Neto, Donny McCaslin, Jane Ira Bloom, Ben Allison, and Drew Gress in Series Funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is launching a free jazz concert series this fall, featuring performances by Dafnis Prieto, Jovino Santos Neto, Donny McCaslin, Jane Ira Bloom, Ben ...
