Global Jazz Forum: Danilo Pérez, Joe Lovano, and Ralph Peterson Jr.

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Berklee Global Jazz Institute founder and artistic director Danilo Pérez, renowned saxophonist Joe Lovano, and distinctive jazz drummer Ralph Peterson Jr. impart advice to students in this forum that is open to the public.

Danilo Pérez is an incomparable pianist, composer, social activist, and educator who is the artistic director of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. Widely considered one of the most inspired—and inspiring—musicians today, Pérez has received hearty acclaim from DownBeatBillboard, NPR, and many of the legendary musicians with whom he has collaborated, including fellow pianist and composer Herbie Hancock, who has called Pérez “amazing” and noted that “he is not afraid of anything.” Pérez has toured or recorded with artists such as Wayne Shorter ’99H, Paquito D’Rivera ’03H, Terence Blanchard, Jack DeJohnette ’90H, and Gary Burton ’62 ’89H. His work has been commissioned widely, including by the Frank Gehry–designed Museum of Biodiversity in Panama. Pérez serves as a United Nations artist for peace and is the founder and artistic director of the world-renowned Panama Jazz Festival. His most recent album, Children of the Light, features Pérez in a trio setting with Patitucci on bass and Blade on drums.

A leading jazz luminary, Joe Lovano is a Grammy-winning tenor saxophonist and Blue Note recording artist who serves as Gary Burton chair in performance with the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. Lovano has collaborated with a near-endless list of legendary musicians, including McCoy Tyner ’05H, Hank Jones ’05H, John Scofield ’73 ’97H, Branford Marsalis ’80 ’06H, and Jim Hall ’95H. He has been nominated for 14 Grammys, and won last year’s DownBeat Critics Poll Award for tenor saxophone.

Ralph Peterson Jr. has been one of the most distinctive and recognizable drummers in jazz for more than 30 years. His incomparable talent behind the drum kit has led to collaborations with Terence Blanchard, Branford Marsalis, David Murray, Roy Hargrove, and Michael Brecker, among many others—not to mention being hand-picked by Art Blakey as the second drummer in the legendary bandleader’s Jazz Messenger Big Band until Blakey’s death in 1990.