Jason Lindner - Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Vocals
Jeff Wolpert - Mixing
Joachim Becker - Executive Producer
Joe Marciano - Engineer
Peter J. Moore - Mastering
Roberto Occhipinti - Producer
Yosvany Terry - Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Chekere
"Dafnis Prieto plays supercharged, orchestral patterns involving his entire kit, making it all cohere with strong clave rhythms. For Absolute Quintet�he has written highly disciplined arrangements to lie over fast, physical music. Hearing the musicians navigate them without missteps, and improvising fluidly over the complicated broken rhythms, is a thrill." � Ben Ratliff, NEW YORK TIMES
On Absolute Quintet, celebrated young Cuban-born, New York-domiciled drummer, band leader and composer Dafnis Prieto presents his astonishingly virtuosic crew of Latin and avant-garde sidemen in a program of 10 genre-defying Prieto originals. Reflecting a wide range of musical influences, from nineteenth-century classical Cuban music and afro-Cuban dance forms to NYC downtown electric fusion, Absolute Quintet boldly steps forward with the unique musical vision of its creator.
