Who is danilo perez

He played with us for an hour. Then my father asked him, 'How much do I owe you for the work you did? I performed the concert anyway I thought, if I die, I prefer to die playing.

That day, people for and against the invasion came together to listen to music. That's the power of music. For example, you can learn the meaning of democracy by understanding the individual parts of a groove. When the guitar part goes che-ka, che-ka, and the bass player goes tun, tun, tun-tun, I say, 'See? When that tun-tun meets the che-ka, che-ka and someone else's chiki-chiki, that's called community.

With technology, it's amazing that you can experience music by yourself, but there's a certain isolation within that experience that challenges the idea of community. If I ask you to play a piece, you can't cheat; you have to practice. You can't move forward—you can't actually grab the instrument and play music—unless you really commit. The passion to survive, to fight for happiness. It's the passion that pulls you in so anything that comes your way—a homework assignment that takes hours—does not matter anymore; you do it.

A lot of my students have gone on to have great careers. The really successful ones have learned their mission in life: they see their music as a fingerprint of their lives. Once they figure out that life comes first, nothing can stop them.

Don't see what you're looking for? Main Site Berklee. Whether leading his own ensembles or touring with renowned jazz masters Wayne Shorter, Roy Haynes, Steve Lacy , Danilo is making a decidedly fresh imprint on contemporary music, guided, as always, by his love for jazz. Born in Panama in , Danilo started his musical studies at just three years of age with his father, a bandleader and singer.

By age 10, he was studying the European classical piano repertoire at the National Conservatory in Panama. After receiving his bachelor's degree in electronics, he moved to the United States to enroll at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and, after changing his major to music, transferred to the prestigious Berklee College of Music.

Danilo first attracted the spotlight as the youngest member of Dizzy Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra In , Danilo turned his focus to his own ensembles and recording projects. The Journey placed prominently in several Top Ten Albums of lists. In , Danilo became the first Latin member of Wynton Marsalis' band, and the first jazz musician to perform with the Panamanian Symphony Orchestra, which featured an expanded piece orchestral version of "The Journey.

Shorter invited Danilo to join his first allacoustic group after hearing him play, "It was adventurous and fresh," Shorter observes Jazz Times, He was interested in telling stories.

He also continues to play with Ben Street and Adam Cruz, musicians that have been working with him for more than eight years. All of us have become a family, and there is a feeling of celebration, of transcending communication, when we play that it is very magical to me.

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