Danilo Pérez

A brilliant pianist and composer, Danilo Pérez combines the bebop tradition with his Panamanian heritage, African elements, and modern classical and other global musical influences. Pérez initially established himself working with icons like Paquito D'Rivera and Dizzy Gillespie in the '80s and '90s before gaining wider attention with Grammy-nominated albums like 1998's Central Avenue and 2000's Motherland. He has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF and taught on the faculty of the New England Conservatory and the Berklee College of Music in Boston. As a performer, he ha...