Uniting
internationally acclaimed jazz artists, renowned educators and jazz fans from
around the globe, the 15th Annual Panama Jazz Festival will be held January
15-20, 2018 at The City of Knowledge in Panama City, ATLAPA Convention Center
and the Old Quarter of Panama City. The festival will celebrate its 15th
anniversary, the establishment of the jazz festival as a decree of the country,
and the building of a new space to expand the social programs of the Danilo
Pérez Foundation.
Among the
headliners for this year's festival is the Wayne Shorter Quartet featuring
Pérez on piano, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade; Afro-Cuban jazz
legend Chucho Valdés; legendary pianist Ran Blake and Brazilian singer Luciana
Souza. Additional headliners include Danilo Pérez special guest pop icon Miguel
Bosé and The Global Jazz Big Band directed by Bill Dobbins.
Other groups
featured include Panamanian jazz bassist Santi Debriano featuring Craig Handy,
Bill O'Connell, and Will Calhoun, Danilo Pérez's Panamonk Revisited trio
featuring Terri Lyne Carrington and Ben Street, Italian saxophonist Marco
Pignataro, Panamanian saxophonist Luis Carlos Perez, and the Pan-African Jazz
Project featuring Chilean saxophonist Patricia Zarate Pérez, Panamanian
musicians Graciela Nuñez, Luz Acosta and Egyptian musicians Hesham Galal and
Balqueis.
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Bands from
all over the world will be featured at the Global Stage and other venues
including, Josean Jacobo & Tumbao (Dominican Republic), Yogev Shetrit Trio
- New Path (Israel), Bosquejo en Riesgo (Costa Rica), Four on a Swing (India),
Shea Welsh (USA), Paulina Perez y Luna Meztiza (Chile), Shuffle Demons
(Canada), Ruben Amador and Yahuba (Puerto Rico), Quinteto de Orion Lion
(Chile), and the Panamanian groups La Colectiva, Digger Descendants, Tambo Jazz
Collective, German Pinzon Jimenez, Carlos Agrazal, among many others.
Furthermore,
the festival will host the 6th Latin American Music Therapy Symposium, bringing
music therapists from Chile, Argentina, Panama, Venezuela, Costa Rica,
Colombia, USA, Canada, among other countries to present on the therapeutic
effects of music; and the 2nd Symposium of the cultural, artistic and musical
expressions of the Afro-descendants of Panama.
Since its inception
in 2003, the Panama Jazz Festival has attracted over 300,000 jazz fans
worldwide and announced over 4.5 million dollars in scholarships on an
international level. Its educational component brings 5,000 music students from
all over the world every year and in 2018 the festival expects over 30,000
people from all over the world to attend.
Participating
educational institutions include Boston-based institutions, Berklee College of
Music and the New England Conservatory, which will be holding auditions for
admission and scholarships. Other institutions include the Thelonious Monk
Institute, Crossroads High School, and New York Jazz Academy. The Berklee
Global Jazz Institute will hold master classes, perform social work with
Panamanian youth and perform in various settings throughout the festival.
Berklee will repeat last year's innovative program where students will earn
college performance credit for the college.
The festival
is produced by Panama Jazz Productions to benefit the social programs of the
Danilo Pérez
Foundation with the help of Panama's National Institute of Culture (INAC),
National Tourism
Authority (ATP), BAC Credomatic, Panama City Mayor Office, City of Knowledge, Copa
Airlines, Alamo Rent a Car, Cable and Wireless, Embassy of India in Panama, Embassy of
Israel in Panama, Embassy of Panama in Egypt, and many others.
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