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Dayramir González Quartet
September 16, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
Pianist “Dayramir González can be added to the pantheon of distinctive Cuban jazz voices… setting the Latin jazz world on fire in America” (Carnegie Hall). This “stunningly gifted pianist” has been cited as one of the few Cuban jazz artists “rescuing the danzón and reinventing the genre on the basis of diverse constructions of identity” (Wall Street Journal). González’ music fuses urban Latin music while honoring traditional structures. He is a classically trained musician who studied initially with Chucho Valdes’s sister, Mayra Caridad Valdés, and then continued in the esteemed Centro Nacional de Escuelas de Arte de Cuba, earning his “monster technique” by fortifying his given talent with hours of practice in classical studies. At the age of 16, González joined former Irakere member, Oscar Valdes’ Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble Diákara, and immersed himself in Timba music at the highest level. González has twice won first place in Havana’s JoJazz Festival and earned three Cubadisco Awards, considered the Grammys of Cuba. He attended Berklee College of music as the first Cuban national “Presidential Scholar” and has joined the Carnegie Hall Stage with other Cuban legends like Chucho and Bebo Valdes as one of the representatives of the up-and-coming generation of Afro-Cuban jazz pianists.
—Marcus Miller (Grammy award-winning bassist)
