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Jon Dadurka

Kairos Sextet: Transition

by Angelo Leonardi
May 16, 2018

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 ...

Kairos Sextet: Transition

by Troy Dostert
April 30, 2018

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 ...

Dafnis Prieto: Cross-Cultural Mix

by Angelo Leonardi
March 13, 2018

Dafnis Prieto is one of the leading drummers and composers of his generation. Forty-four years old and Cuban born, Prieto moved to New York City in 1999. The early 2000's found Prieto employed as a sideman by several prominent musicians, including Eddie Palmieri, Michel Camilo, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Dave Samuels and Arturo O'Farrill. In the following years ...

Dafnis Prieto: una miscela di culture

by Angelo Leonardi
February 26, 2018

Dafnis Prieto è uno dei massimi batteristi e compositori della sua generazione. 44 anni, nato a Cuba, Prieto è emigrato nel 1999 a New York dove ha iniziato a collaborare con i massimi leader latini (Eddie Palmieri, Michel Camilo, Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Arturo O'Farrill) e con esponenti d'avanguardia come Henry Threadgill e Steve Coleman. Dotato di una ...

Jazztronicus

By Scott Routenberg

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2006
Track listing: Brazil '06; Gluteus Groove; Shores of Paradise; Lots of Pulp; Designer Bossa; String the Groove; The Midnight Creeper; The Crawford Recipe; Felicja; Chicken Pickin'; Alborada; The Tooth Fairy; The Reckoning; Bandwidth