Pianist Danilo Pérez Signs with Mack Avenue Records
Returns to Perform at the 2009 Detroit International Jazz Festival
Mack
Avenue Records is proud to announce the signing of Grammy winning
pianist Danilo Pérez. The signing was made official at the 2009 Detroit
International Jazz Festival, where Pérez returned to active performing
with the Wayne Shorter Quartet after a three month layoff due to a torn
achilles injury.
An
extraordinary Panamanian artist, composer and educator, Pérez is among
the most influential and dynamic musicians of our time. In just over a
decade, his distinctive blend of Pan-American jazz (covering the music
of the Americas, folkloric and world music) has attracted critical
acclaim and loyal audiences.
“It
has been a long journey full of unexpected twists up to now and I am
looking forward to the next chapter of my life,” Pérez says.
On
his return to the stage at this year’s festival, Pérez reflects “I miss
these guys so much; Wayne, Brian and John. They are such a big part of
my life. I am looking forward to travel to more unknown places with
them.”
(The
Mack Avenue Records team welcomes Danilo Pérez at the 2009 Detroit
International Jazz Festival. (L-R): Al Pryor, Gretchen Valade, Danilo
Pérez, Tom Robinson, Denny Stilwell, and Randall Kennedy.)
“Danilo is an artist of uncompromising artistry,” says
Mack Avenue Records President Denny Stilwell. “We are pleased to have
him as a member of the Mack Avenue family and look forward to an album
that will mark a new beginning in his expansive career.”
Pérez
has recorded and performed with the likes of Wayne Shorter, Steve Lacy,
Roy Haynes, Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker, Joe
Lovano, Tito Puente, and Wynton Marsalis, among others.
He plans to release his debut Mack Avenue Records album in 2010.
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