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| Dafnis Prieto to release groundbreaking drum book FOLLOWING HIS RECENT RELEASE "3 SIDES OF THE COIN, " DRUMMER, COMPOSER, EDUCATOR DAFNIS PRIETO TO RELEASE THE GROUND - BREAKING DRUM PUBLICATION "WHAT ARE THE ODDS" (Published by Dafnison Music Inc.) Release Date: April 4th, 2025 After his recent album 3 Sides of the Coin with the Dafnis Prieto Sí o Sí Quartet, you might think that drummer, composer, and educator Dafnis Prieto will take a break from his creative works. Well, that's not quite the case. Dafnis Prieto's new book "WHAT ARE THE ODDS" is the third book in his catalog, and it shows not only his passion for rhythm and drumming, but furthermore his commitment to music education at large. This one takes you to a fascinating journey of rhythms and meters. The book features 519 examples, and each of them comes with an audio track and a video clip. About the Book by Dafnis Prieto This book gathers some of the rhythms I consider to be fundamental in "Latin Music" and beyond. I had to be thoughtful about which rhythms to use on this book, as there are so many from which to choose. This is a journey of rhythms and meters, and it is constructed over a collection of selected rhythms from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Brazil. Each chapter in the book focuses on the development of individual rhythms starting from the most basic variations, in their regular time signature (meter). This is followed by a fascinating trip of meters - expanding and contracting each of those rhythms' shapes, challenging their own anatomies, creating a new rhythmic journey for each of them. By the end of this book, you will have a deeper and broader knowledge of playing not only these specific rhythms in different meters, but you will also be able to apply these strategies to other kinds of rhythms. Optimally, you will be able to relate this information to your own music world of sounds and be creative with it. As you get deeper in these examples you can start embellishing them as you like, making your own variations, enriching and stimulating them, creating your own story - making it an uplifting and empowering experience altogether. I'm aware of the challenges behind the rhythms presented, especially in the areas of "concentration & rhythmic-independence." But I'm also very aware of its great potential "musically and technically." After the experience of teaching this material to my students I can say that they have shown a significant level of control, finesse, and fluidity in their playing. A real workout to a greater outcome. ODD METER NOTE: This book focuses on specific time signatures: 4/4, 12/8, 2/4, 6/8, 3/4, 9/8, 5/4, 15/8, 7/4, 21/8, 9/4, and 27/8, which are the building blocks to any other meter. Most of the examples will be organized by pulses. This way you will have a clear understanding on how these rhythms have been distributed inside the specific number of beats. For example, a 5/4 meter will be organized as: 3 beats + 2 beats, 2 + 3 beats, 2 ˝ + 2 ˝ beats, or even 4 + 1 beats. About Dafnis Prieto From Cuba, Dafnis Prieto's revolutionary drumming techniques and compositions have had a powerful impact on the music landscape, nationally and internationally. His various awards and honors include a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, a GRAMMY Award for Back to the Sunset (2018), two additional GRAMMY nominations, two Latin GRAMMY nominations (including Best New Artist in 2007), and the Jazz Journalists Association's Up & Coming Musician of the Year in 2006. As a composer, Prieto has created music for dance, film, chamber ensembles, and most notably for his own bands, ranging from duets to big bands. He has received commissions, grants, and fellowships from Chamber Music America, Princeton University, Jazz at Lincoln Center, MoMA, Whitney Museum of American Art, National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, Jerome Foundation, East Carolina University, Painted Bride Art Center, Meet The Composer, WNYC, New Music USA, Hazard Productions, and Metropole Orkest, among others. Prieto has performed at many national and international music festivals as a bandleader. Since his 1999 arrival in New York, he has also worked in bands led by Michel Camilo, Chucho and Bebo Valdés, Henry Threadgill, Steve Coleman, Eddie Palmieri, Chico and Arturo O'Farrill, Dave Samuels and the Caribbean Jazz Project, Jane Bunnett, D.D. Jackson, Edward Simon, Roy Hargrove, Don Byron, and Andrew Hill, among others. Also a gifted educator, Prieto has conducted numerous master classes, clinics, and workshops around the world. He was on the jazz studies faculty at New York University from 2005 to 2014, and in 2015 joined the faculty of the University of Miami's Frost School of Music. In 2016, Prieto published the groundbreaking analytical and instructional drum book, A World of Rhythmic Possibilities. In 2020, he published Rhythmic Synchronicity, a book for non-drummers inspired by a course of the same name that Prieto developed at the Frost School of Music. He is the founder of the independent music company Dafnison Music, established in 2008. Dafnis Prieto endorses: Yamaha Drums, Sabian Cymbals, Latin Percussion, Evans Drumheads, and Vic Firth Sticks. write your comments about the article :: © 2025 Jazz News :: home page |