TwinCities.com: Danilo Perez Proffers a Vision of Rich Panama Culture

In a TwinCities.com article published this past April, reporter Dan Emerson reviewed a performance by Danilo Perez, artistic director of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute.

April 22, 2015
In a TwinCities.com article published this past April, reporter Dan Emerson reviewed a performance by a jazz trio led by Danilo Perez, artistic director of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. Emerson describes Perez's music as communicating "the rich cultural melting pot of Panama, where the indigenous folk music has been described as the result of 'inbreeding' among Spanish, Indian, and African musical traditions." The article goes on to review the trio's show at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota, celebrating the fusion of styles into an innovative, contemporary form. As Emerson says, Perez has "taken a world of disparate influences and synthesized them into one of the most highly personal piano styles in modern jazz."