Dafnis Prieto
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Biography
Dafnis Prieto (born July 31, 1974) is a Cuban-American jazz and Afro-Cuban jazz drummer, composer, and educator from Santa Clara. He studied percussion and guitar before moving to Havana to attend the National School of Music. In 1999, Prieto relocated to New York City and performed with Eddie Palmieri, Arturo O'Farrill, and Michel Camilo. Prieto released his debut album, About the Monks, in 2004. His discography featured Absolute Quintet (2006), which received a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Jazz Album, and Back to the Sunset (2018), which won the Grammy Award in the same category. In 2011, he was named a MacArthur Fellow. Prieto served on the music faculty at New York University and the University of Miami. He authored several books, including A World of Rhythmic Possibilities (2016).
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- The Magic Danzonete by Dafnis Prieto
- Into the Light Love by Dafnis Prieto
- You and Me by Dafnis Prieto
- Ironico Arlequin
- Danzon Santa Clara
- Talking Too Much
- In War
- Vamos a Jugar
- On And On
- Tumba Francesca
- Extasis by Dafnis Prieto
- About The Monks
- You Got It
- One Day Suite: Night
- New Elephant
- Mother Nature
- Renew the Elephant
- Innocent Bird
- Dirty Us
- Interrupted Question
- Conga En Ti
- Trio Absolute
- Mechanical Movement
- Mystery Man
