© 2024 WRTI
Your Classical and Jazz Source. Celebrating 75 Years!
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
 
ALERT: there will be maintenance throughout the evening to upgrade the infrastructure for HD-2 and the audio stream. As a result, there may be intermittent outages.

WRTI's NPR Live Sessions Video of the Week: Jazz Pianist Dayramir Gonzalez Plays "Smiling"

Born and raised in Havana, Cuba, pianist Dayramir Gonzalez serves as a bridge connecting and continuing the Afro-Cuban music tradition. The son of jazz trumpeter Fabian Gonzalez, Dayramir was steeped in music early. By age 16, he began playing professionally and has developed into an international composer, bandleader, and jazz pianist.

Watch Dayramir Gonzalez play "Smiling" with bassist Dean Torrey and drummer Jaun Chiavassa.

Bobbi I. Booker is an award-winning multimedia journalist and radio personality whose velvety voice has been a mainstay in the Delaware Valley for over two decades. She can be heard on Spirit Soul Music, Sundays from 6 to 9 a.m., and Jazz Through the Night, weeknights from 12 midnight to 6 a.m.