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Revision as of 21:13, 3 May 2018

Danilo Pérez
Pérez in 2012
Pérez in 2012
Background information
Born (1965-12-29) December 29, 1965 (age 58)
Panama
GenresJazz, Latin jazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
InstrumentPiano
Years active1989–present
LabelsNovus, Impulse!, GRP, Verve, ArtistShare, Concord, EmArcy, Mack Avenue
Websitewww.daniloperez.com

Danilo Pérez (born December 29, 1965) is a Panamanian pianist and composer.[1][2][3][4]

Music career

Pérez was born in Panama in 1965[5] and started on piano when he was three years old. At ten, he studied at the National Conservatory in Panama.[6] By age 12, he was working professionally as a musician.[7] He moved to the U.S. to study music, attending Indiana University of Pennsylvania and then switching to the Berklee College of Music in Boston. At Berklee, he worked with Jon Hendricks, Claudio Roditi, and Terence Blanchard.[6]

In 1989, Pérez became a member of Dizzy Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra. The album Live at the Royal Festival Hall won a Grammy Award. He remained with the band until Gillespie died in 1992.[6] In October 1998, he told The Independent that "One of the things Dizzy taught me was to learn about my own heritage even more than I knew already. He said it was more important for jazz for you to get to what your own roots are, than to learn about other things."[8]

For the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Pérez and Marsalis played together again. He performed as a special guest at President Bill Clinton's Inaugural Ball, played piano on the Bill Cosby TV show theme song, and participated in the Grammy-winning album, Danzon.

In 2000, he joined Wayne Shorter in a quartet with John Patitucci and Brian Blade. He has played concerts with the group extensively since then, and appears on all four of the recordings Shorter has made during this period: Footprints Live! (2002), Alegría (2003), Beyond the Sound Barrier (2005), and Without a Net (2013).

Pérez was appointed artistic director of the Berklee College of Music Global Jazz Institute, a program for talented jazz students from around the world.[9][10]

Recording as a leader

In 1994, he released his first solo album, Danilo Pérez, and then his second, The Journey, in 1995. He performed The Journey in concert with the Panamanian Symphony Orchestra the same year.[6] The album is a musical account of the trip African slaves made across the ocean, beginning with "The Capture", through "The Taking", "Chains", The Voyage", and ending with "Libre Spiritus". David Sanchez and Giovanni Hidalgo play on the album, which was recorded in two days at the Power Station in New York City. The album made it to the top ten jazz lists in The Village Voice, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and Billboard magazine. It was named one of the best albums of the 1990s by Downbeat magazine.[6]

On his third album, PanaMonk, he paid tribute to Thelonious Monk as well as all the other musicians he had been in contact with up to that point. An almost entirely wordless album, PanaMonk lets the music speak for itself. Pérez told JazzTimes magazine, "[Monk's] music was the epitome of small group playing, the epitome of jazz music. If you really want to know about jazz and swing, he's one of the best to go to."[citation needed]

In 1998, Central Avenue, Pérez's fourth album, received a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Jazz Album. Central Avenue is a blend of influences from blues, folk, and Caribbean and Middle Eastern genres. It was produced by Tommy LiPuma, who worked with Pérez on PanaMonk. Pérez arranged the ensemble of bassists John Patitucci and Avishai Cohen, and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts. The songs were done in one take, except for "Panama Blues". For this song, Pérez recorded Raul Vital, a Panamanian folk singer, and a chorus of mejorana singers in Panama, then returned with the recording to New York City, where the ensemble contributed. Mejorana is an improvisational style of singing. Pérez told Graybow of Billboard, "[I heard] the blues in their voices, much like the blues down in Mississippi," and instantly wanted to record them.

Discography

As a leader

(Danilo Perez Plays the piano on all albums)

Year Title Record Label Personnel
1993 Danilo Pérez RCA/ Novus Ruben Blades (Vocals), Joe Lovano (Tenor and Soprano Sax), David Sanchez (Tenor and Soprano Sax),

Santi Debriano (Bass) and Jack DeJohnette (Drums).

1994 The Journey Novus George Garzone (Tenor Sax), David Sanchez (Soprano and Tenor Sax), Larry Grenadier (Bass), Ignacio Berroa (Drums) and Milton Cardona (Bata, Bells, Chant, Shekere)
1996 PanaMonk Impulse!/GRP Avishai Cohen (Bass), Terri Lyne Carrington (Drums) and Jeff "Tain" Watts (Drums)
1998 Central Avenue GRP Raul Vital (Vocals), John Patitucci (Bass) and Jeff "Tain" Watts (Drums)
2000 Motherland Verve/PolyGram/Universal Luciana Souza (Vocals), Claudia Acuna (Vocals), Regina Carter (Violin), Chris Potter (Sax), Diego Urcola (Trumpet),Carlos Henriquez (Acoustic bass), John Patitucci (Acoustic Bass), Richard Bona (Lead Vocal and Electric Bass), Kurt Rosenwinkel (Electric guitar),Aquiles Baez (Cuatro, Acoustic guitar), Brian Blade (Drums), Antonio Sanchez (Drums), Greg Askew (Bata itotele and Response Chant), Louis Bauzo (Bata iya and Lead Chant), Richard Byrd ( Bata Konkolo and Response Chant), Luisito Quintero (Congas), and Ricaurte Villarreal (Tambor Repicador)
2000 The Roy Haynes Trio Verve John Patitucci (Bass) nad Roy Haynes (Drums)
2003 ...Till Then Universal/Verve Lizz Wright (Vocals), Donny McCaslin (Soprano Sax), John Patitucci (Bass), Ben Street (Bass), Brian Blade (Drums) and Adam Cruz (Drums, steel pan, percussion)
2005 Live at the Jazz Showcase ArtistShare Ben Street (Bass) and Adam Cruz (Drums)
2006 Panama Suite ArtistShare Vocals: Natalia Bernal, Eleonora Bianchini, Mitzi Dorbu, Patricia Zarate and Paola Vergara. Reeds: Soprano Sax - Daniel Blake, Also Sax - Luis "El Chupa" Rosa and Patricia Zarate. Tenor Sax- Sean Berry, Sean Best, Petr Cancura. Baritone Sax- Michael Duke. Trumpet- Gordon Au, Gilberto Cervantes, Danny Fratina and John Replogle. Trombone- Daniel Blacksberg, Jason Camelio, Jeff Galindo and Angel Subero. Piano- Gabriel Guerrero. Electric Bass- Aldemar Valentín. Drums- Francisco Molina. Percussion- Ernesto Diaz and Paulo Stagnaro
2008 Across the Crystal Sea Concord/EmArcy Cassandra Wilson (Vocals), Christian McBride (Bass), Lewis Nash (Drums), Luis Quintero (Percussion), Claus Ogerman (Conductor, orchestra arranger)
2009 Music We Are Golden Beams / Kindred Rhythm John Patitucci (Bass), Jack DeJohnette (Drums)
2010 Providencia Mack Avenue Sara Serpa(Vocals) Rudresh Mahanthappa (Alto Sax); Ben Street (Bass), Adam Cruz (Drums and steel pans), Jamey Haddad (Percussion), Ernesto Diaz (Congas), Matt Marvuglio (Flute) Barbara Laffitte (Oboe), Amparo Edo Biol (French horn), Margaret Phillips (Bassoon) Jose Benito Meza Torres (Clarinet)
2014 Panama 500 Mack Avenue Alex Hargreaves (Violin), Sachi Patitucci (Cello), John Patitucci (Electric and Acoustic Bass), Ben Street (Bass), Brian Blade (Drums), Adam Cruz (Drums, Roman Diaz (Percussion and Chant) Rogerio Boccato (Percussion), Milagros Blades (Repicador,Caja and Pujador) and Ricaurte Villarreal (Jaja and Guiro), José Angel Colman (Vocals), Eulogio Olaideginia Benítez (Gala, Bissu), José Antonio Hayans (Gammuburwi), Marden Paniza (Director and coordinator of guna musicians, author of the narration)
2015 Children of the Light Mack Avenue John Patitucci (Bass) and Brian Blade (Drums)

As a sideman

Release Year Leader Title Record Label
1989 Dizzy Gillespie Live at the Royal Festival Hall Enja
1989 Paquito D'Rivera Tico! Tico! Chesky Records
1990 Dizzy Gillespie The Winter in Lisbon Milan
1991 Ricky Ford Hot Brass Candid Records
1992 Dizzy Gillespie To Bird with Love Telarc
1992 Dizzy Gillespie Bird Songs: The Final Recordings Telarc
1992 D'Rivera, Paquito Who's Smoking?! Candid Records
1994 David Sanchez The Departure Columbia
1996 David Sanchez Street Scenes Columbia
2000 John Patitucci Imprint Concord Jazz
2001 Gary Burton For Hamp, Red, Bags, and Cal Concord Jazz
2001 Wayne Shorter Footprints Live! Verve
2003 Wayne Shorter Alegría Verve
2005 Wayne Shorter Beyond the Sound Barrier Verve
2009 Jack DeJohnette Music We Are Golden Beams / Kindred Rhythm
2009 Terri Lyne Carrington More to Say...Real Life Story eOne Music
2012 Wynton Marsalis Swinging into the 21st Sony Legacy
2013 Wayne Shorter Without a Net Blue Note

References

  1. ^ Balkin, Nick (January 29, 2018). "Danilo Pérez Wins United States Artists Fellowship and Victoriano Lorenzo Award | Berklee College of Music". www.berklee.edu. Retrieved March 15, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ Contreras, Felix (April 23, 2016). "Danilo Pérez: A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama". NPR.org. Retrieved March 15, 2018. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ "Honorary and Goodwill Ambassadors". www.unesco.org. Retrieved March 15, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ "United States Artists  » Danilo Perez". www.unitedstatesartists.org. Retrieved March 15, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ "Danilo Perez-Claus Ogerman Collaboration Due from Emarcy Records August 26 (press release)". PRWeb. July 22, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e Skelly, Richard. "Danilo Pérez | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  7. ^ Ryzik, Melena (January 18, 2015). "Danilo Pérez Builds a Magnet for Musicians in Panama". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 15, 2018. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ Johnson, Phil (October 23, 1998). "Jelly rolling back the years". The Independent. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  9. ^ Balkin, Nick. "Danilo Perez Heads Berklee Global Jazz Institute". Berklee News. Berklee College of Music Office of Public Information. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
  10. ^ Young, Bob (April 22, 2011). "Berklee Global Jazz Institute Celebrates Successful First Year". Boston Herald. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
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