ACCLAIMED PANAMANIAN MUSICIAN, EDUCATOR AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST – DANILO PÉREZ

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Danilo Pérez, Jazz, Piano

RELEASES “PROVIDENCIA” ON AUGUST 31, HIS DEBUT ON MACK AVENUE RECORDS

“The future will be a reflection of what we say, think and do today. Let’s use wisdom and our art of Providence as a flashlight to guide us to the restoration of humanity.”- Danilo Pérez

Fatherhood changes everyone; for pianist/composer

Danilo Pérez - Providencia

, the birth of his two young daughters threw down a gauntlet of sorts, a challenge to provide a better world for the girls to grow up in. “What are you doing so we can have a healthy life in the future?” he imagined them asking. “What are you adults leaving us?”

On a practical level, Pérez has been working busily to answer that question both in his native Panama and his adopted home of Boston. His annual Panama Jazz Festival has brought world-renowned musicians to the country for the last seven years, not only to perform but also to work closely with local youth. That mission is carried on yearlong by the Fundación Danilo Pérez, which offers musical and cultural education to disadvantaged young people in Panama City. In Boston, he now heads the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, which offers music students an opportunity to explore creativity, advance the social power of music, and connect music with the restoration of ecology and humanity.

Pablo Held -|- Music

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European Jazz, Jazz, Pablo Held, Piano, Trio Music

Pablo Held - Music

Pablo Held -|- Music – [Pirouet Records, 2010]

The reaction was enormous. The nationwide newspaper “Welt am Sonntag” observed that “the jazz scene took a listen”; the “Irish Times” perceived a “unique talent”—a talent whose music is “characterized by the unexpected”. And “Jazzthing” magazine attested to “an aesthetic that steers clear of the typical squint-eyed strumming and posturing of the nameless mass of competitors.” Celebration for a music that is not only brilliantly played, but also clearly displays something else; its own profile of a unique musical personality.This all refers to Forest of Oblivion the then 21year old Pablo Held’s debut album. Now, at 23, he brings out his second CD—and that previous remarkable profile is brought into even sharper perspective. The CD is called Music, and the simple yet meaningful title expresses a self-confidence that this young.