Dafnis Prieto

[Cameron_Mahoney]

New Dafnis vids are up at www.vicfirth.com

Really great feel and phrasing.. I love this latin stuff..

[Groovissimo]

Yeah man !!!

Cameron, thanks for posting this !
Check Dafnis out. 4 great tunes with his quintette at the
Montreal Drum Fest last Nov. 13 !

[S.P]

i really should pick up his cd!

[Julius24]

You may want to watch Ry Cooder?s "Buena Vista Social Club", an amazing film about living in La Habana, including some GREAT performances from some of the most influencial cuban musicians. A must see.

[Shawn40]

Originally posted by Henry II:
[QB]Yeah, in Cuba, they take the musical arts very seriously (unlike the U.S.) QB]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well, personaly I think that the US Guys takes the music very very serioulsy.

I'm a big fan of the US musicians, like most of Cuban Guys who comes in NYC, Miami, LA... For learning stuff that you can only learn in the USA.

Peace.

[Groovesmitty]

Don't be so quick to think you know about Cuba.
In Cuba they don't have a choice.
Musicians have to play all day long, and they barely get paid for it.
They are forced to rehearse over and over.
In addition, their knowledge of American music is limited to the kind that's fused with theirs. Like Latinjazz.
They don't have the resources we do which is why drummers like Dafnis don't play backbeat with a deep pocket or the proper feel and approach.
Dafnis' musicality and approach in cuban music and latin jazz is amazing. It has nothing to do with music being taken more seriously. Cuban citizens listen to what's popular in Cuba just like Americans listen to what's popular here. They don't listen to that creative music that musicians like Dafnis play.

They DO NOT train kids about polyrhythms. They simply play, listen, and learn by ear. They don't have names like 3:4. Remember, Cuban music does not get into real complex polyrhythms, like the kind found in Bulgarian and Indian styles.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ December 25, 2005 02:07 PM: Message edited by: Groovesmitty ]</font>

[Shawn40]

I guess you are from Cuba and you know how hard is really the life there...
As I don't know Cuba and the life there, I stop here my opinion.

Peace.

[Groovesmitty]

Yes, I have been there several times. I am not from there. Americans can go through Canada.
It's something everyone who loves real latin music should do.

[Paraflam]

Another technically amazing player who suffers from " because I can syndrome". Give me Ignacio Berroa, Steve Berrios, or Alex Acuna anyday. His ideas were not seamless. Again the compositions are not great, simply composed to showcase the drummer. I need more musical content in an amazing musician. Solos that communicate and speak music. Grooves that sit nice and easy and don't rush.
Somone mentioned Ry Cooder. Dafnis can learn a thing or two about musicality and groove from that album. Notice, those are the old cuban musicians, and their groove sits in an amazing place. Makes you feel good. Dafnis groove makes me feel like I just snorted 10lines of coke.

[Henry II]

Originally posted by Groovesmitty:
Don't be so quick to think you know about Cuba.
In Cuba they don't have a choice.
Musicians have to play all day long, and they barely get paid for it.
They are forced to rehearse over and over.
In addition, their knowledge of American music is limited to the kind that's fused with theirs. Like Latinjazz.
They don't have the resources we do which is why drummers like Dafnis don't play backbeat with a deep pocket or the proper feel and approach.
Dafnis' musicality and approach in cuban music and latin jazz is amazing. It has nothing to do with music being taken more seriously. Cuban citizens listen to what's popular in Cuba just like Americans listen to what's popular here. They don't listen to that creative music that musicians like Dafnis play.

They DO NOT train kids about polyrhythms. They simply play, listen, and learn by ear. They don't have names like 3:4. Remember, Cuban music does not get into real complex polyrhythms, like the kind found in Bulgarian and Indian styles.

<font color="#a62a2a"><font size="1">[ December 25, 2005 02:07 PM: Message edited by: Groovesmitty ]</font></font>

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">They are more dedicated and systematic about music training, and from a younger age, than in the U.S. I wasn't talking about the general Cuban population. The government provides that opportunity to kids who show promise. It's the same with Cuban dancers, and the arts generally, as well as Cuban athletes.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ December 25, 2005 09:33 PM: Message edited by: Henry II ]</font>