Courtesy of Dafnison Music

Dafnison Music is really proud to announce that Dafnis Prieto has been awarded with the MacArthur fellowship Award, 2011.

About Dafnis Prieto

Dafnis Prieto is a percussionist whose dazzling technical abilities electrify audiences and whose rhythmically adventurous compositions combine a range of musical vocabularies. A classically trained musician who absorbed from an early age the multifaceted percussive traditions of his native Cuba, Prieto transposes elements from his Afro-Cuban musical heritage onto a jazz drum kit, incorporating congas, timbales, and the layered rhythmic patterns of rumba and son. Whether performing as a solo artist, bandleader, or sideman, his playing is characterized by a finely calibrated command of textures and nuances and an ability to execute highly complex, polyrhythmic structures with extraordinary speed and precision. As a composer, Prieto melds modern jazz harmonies, Cuban clave rhythms, other Latin and African influences, and funk-inspired arrangements to create works of great stylistic diversity that evoke a broad spectrum of moods. Read more.

Upcoming performances

Sept 27 at Cornelia Street Café / New York
Duo Performances with:
PT. Samar Saha – Tabla
Dafnis Prieto – Drums
8:30 pm / http://corneliastreetcafe.com/Performances.asp

Oct 2 at William Paterson University / New Jersey
Eddie Palmieri – Brian Lynch Jazz Quartet
Featuring Dafnis Prieto on Drums
4:00 pm / http://www.wpunj.edu/wplive/programs/jazzroomseries.dot

Oct 28 at University of Pennsylvania / Philadelphia
Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band
Featuring Dafnis Prieto on Drums
7:30 pm / http://www.pennpresents.org/

Oct 29 at New Jersey Performing Arts Center / Newark
Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache
Featuring Dafnis Prieto on Drums
7:30 pm / http://www.njpac.org/