Dayramir González


Dayramir González Vicet is a Cuban-American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and producer. A proponent of the danzón tradition in contemporary jazz, he is recognized for blending Afro-Cuban rhythms with modern jazz composition.
González was the first Cuban national to receive the Presidential Scholarship at Berklee College of Music, where he graduated summa cum laude and won the Wayne Shorter Award for Most Outstanding Jazz Composer. His debut album Dayramir & Habana enTRANCé won three Cubadisco Awards, and his 2018 album The Grand Concourse was named among DownBeat magazine's Top 40 Albums of the year.
In 2012, while still a Berklee student, González was selected by Chucho Valdés to perform at Carnegie Hall's Voices of Latin America series, representing the young generation of Afro-Cuban jazz pianists alongside Aldo López-Gavilán. He currently resides in the South Bronx, New York City, and is a Yamaha Artist.
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Awards and recognition

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." He is among the few Cuban jazz artists rescuing the danzón and "reinventing the genre on the basis of diverse constructions of identity."

Discography

  • 2007: Dayramir & Habana enTRANCé
  • 2008: Solo tú y yo – Giraldo Piloto & Klimax
  • 2009: Todo Está Bien – Giraldo Piloto & Klimax
  • 2011: Octave
  • 2018: ''The Grand Concourse''