Dayramir González
Dayramir González | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Dayramir González Vicet |
| Born | Havana, Cuba |
| Genres | Afro-Cuban jazz, jazz, contemporary Cuban |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger, producer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Labels | Colibrí |
| Website | dayramirgonzalez |
Dayramir González Vicet is a Cuban pianist, composer, arranger, and producer.
In 2004 he formed his own project Dayramir & Habana enTRANCe, which has performed internationally since its inception.[1][2]
While still attending Berklee College of Music, in 2012, he was selected by Chucho Valdés, a mentor to González, to be part of Carnegie Hall's Voices of Latin America series, where he represented, along with Aldo López-Gavilán the young generation of Afro-Cuban jazz pianists.[3] According to his website, he now lives in the South Bronx.
Awards and recognition[edit]
Featured in the award-winning book Danzón: Circum-Caribbean Dialogues in Music and Dance, he is considered a main proponent of continuing the tradition of Cuban music as he combines "formal elements of standard jazz practice...with elements of the danzón."[4] He is among the few Cuban jazz artists rescuing the danzón and "reinventing the genre on the basis of diverse constructions of identity."[5]
Discography[edit]
- 2007: Dayramir & Habana enTRANCe (Colibrí Productions)
- 2008: Solo tú y yo - Giraldo Piloto & Klimax (EGREM)
- 2009: Todo Está Bien - Giraldo Piloto & Klimax (Bis Music)
- 2011: Octave (Jazz Revelation Records)
- 2018: The Grand Concourse (Machat Records)
References[edit]
- ^ "Dayramir González y Habana enTRANCe". LA Weekly. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Dayramir and Habana enTRANCe Aldo López-Gavilán Quartet". Carnegie Hall. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Blumenfeld, Larry Blumenfeld, Larry. "Cuban Exports Fill the Hall". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ Madrid, Alejandro L. and Moore, Robin D. (2013). Danzón: Circum-Caribbean Dialogues in Music and Dance, p. 241. OUP USA, New York. ISBN 978-0199965823.
- ^ Shepherd, John and Horn, David (2014). Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 9, p. 276. Bloomsbury Academic, New York. ISBN 1441141979.