Marilú -Tributo a Juan Formell & Los Van Van feat. Mayito Rivera, Telmary Diaz & Dayramir González

Cuban piano phenom Dayramir González releases a new version of Marilú, one of Juan Formell's major hits from the late 60s to today. This version features Van Van's iconic vocalist Mayito Rivera and Grammy Award winner rapper and songwriter Telmary Diaz.

Composer: Juan Formell
Arranger & Orchestrator: Dayramir González

This song is part of a live DVD concert recorded in January 2020 as part of the opening night of the Havana Jazz Festival at Teatro Nacional de Cuba.

Full concert available exclusively in Vimeo- Click here to watch it, as well as its documentary and interviews.

Studio album available to download
https://orcd.co/ldqgnzn

About the project
This project is a Tribute to Juan Formell & Los Van Van but it goes beyond that. It's a tribute to a historical trajectory of Cuban music: from Ignacio Cervantes to Lecuona, to Chucho Valdes and Irakere, from Duke Ellington and Benny Moré to Juan Formell

Dayramir's Vision
Immersing myself in the music of Juan Formell has been one of the great challenges of my career. Not only because of his musical legacy but also because of what he represents for many a generations of Cubans. An impressive social chronicle extending over 50 years.
Choosing the repertoire was hard, what shall I write? What he created is already so balanced, danceable, I was in doubt what to do. But I knew that I wanted to approach his music from my various internal creative facets: as a composer, arranger and orchestrator as well as presenting my various musical pallets; ranging from my Big Band influences, my European classical music, the Cuban traditional sound of Cha Cha, Danzón, Guaracha and the Afro-Cuban jazz.

Dayramir’s Bio

Yamaha Artist, Dayramir Gonzalez started his professional career as a pianist and composer with former Irakere member, Oscar Valdes’ Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble Diákara at the age of 16. Since winning Havana’s JoJazz festival in 2004 and 2005, Dayramir has gone from winning three Cubadisco awards for his 2007 debut album “Dayramir & Habana enTRANCé” to become Berklee College of Music’s first Cuban national “Presidential Scholarship" recipient to performing in 15,000-seat stadiums with legends like Chucho and Bebo Valdes and headlining Carnegie Hall, representing the young generation of Afro-Cuban jazz. The culmination of his journey as a young Havana-native continuing and bringing the Afro-Cuban music legacy to New York is synthesized in his album “The Grand Concourse,” a name inspired by the thoroughfare that runs through the Bronx. It reflects the uncommonly dynamic range of pieces from the pulsating West African bass motif found in Situaciones en 12/8 to the contemporary take on the classical Cuban tradition of the late 19th century to haunting orchestral jazz ballad of Blood Brothers. This album was named one of the Top 40 albums of 2018 by JazzTimes and received 4.5 stars from DownBeat.

"Dayramir, an incredibly talented young pianist, really represents the cutting edge of what's going on with Cuban jazz." - Marcus Miller

“In Mr. Gonzalez’s hands, an Afro-Cuban batá drum pattern becomes a tone poem filled with funk attitude and modern-jazz feel.” - The Wall Street Journal

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