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From Boston to Brazil

New albums from Puerto Rican guitarist and composer Gabriel Vicéns, Boston’s Club d’Elf, and Brazil’s Jamile and Vinícius Gomes deliver a wide range of musical offerings.

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Dafnis Prieto Sextet Delivers on Clear Intentions with ‘Transparency’

Dafnis Prieto Sextet: Román Filiú, Alex Brown, Prieto, Alex Norris, Peter Apfelbaum, and Johannes Weidenmueller. Photo by David Garten.

Grammy-winning Dafnis Prieto is universally acknowledged to be a drummer of prodigious skill. His sextet’s superb new recording, Transparency, makes it abundantly clear that his skills as a composer and arranger are on the same plane as his drumming.

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