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| Across the Crystal Sea - Conducted and Arranged by Claus Ogerman |
| Danilo Perez |
| első megjelenés éve: 2008 |
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| (2008)
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| 4.460 Ft
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| 1. | Across the Crystal Sea
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| 2. | Rays and Shadows
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| 3. | Lazy Afternoon
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| 4. | The Purple Condor
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| 5. | If I Forget You
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| 6. | (All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings
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| 7. | The Saga of Rita Joe
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| 8. | Another Autumn
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Jazz
Cassandra Wilson - Vocals
Christian McBride - Bass
Danilo Perez - Piano
Lewis Nash - Drums
Luis Quintero - Percussion
* Al Schmitt - Engineer
* Bruce Dukov - Concert Master
* Claus Ogerman - Arranger, Conductor
* Tommy LiPuma - Producer
Danilo Perez
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Born: Dec 29, 1966 in Panama
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Afro-Cuban Jazz, Latin Jazz, Post-Bop
Pianist and composer Danilo Perez has forged a wide path for himself and his music in a relatively young career. When one takes a look at his recorded output, it's easy to see, the best is yet to come from this young musician.
Born in 1966 in Panama, Danilo, who has since relocated to New York City, began playing piano at three. His father was a bandleader and vocalist, and by the time he was 10, he was studying at the National Conservatory in Panama. After college in Panama, where he studied electronics, Perez moved to the U.S. to study at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He later transferred to the Berklee College of Music, and while finishing up his major in jazz composition there, he had the opportunity to perform with the likes of trumpeters Terence Blanchard and Claudio Roditi, as well as vocalese veteran Jon Hendricks.
Since he got to the U.S., Perez has toured or recorded with a who's-who in the worlds of traditional and contemporary jazz: Wayne Shorter, Steve Lacy, Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker, Wynton Marsalis, Gary Burton, Roy Haynes and Joe Lovano, among others.
In 1994, Perez recorded with trumpeter Arturo Sandoval's Grammy winning album, "Danzon."
Perez' first big break came about when he was asked to become part of [as the youngest member] Dizzy Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra, which he worked with from 1989 until Gillespie's passing in 1992. [cq]
His tenure with Gillespie's band brought him notoriety, because Gillespie's album, "Live at the Royal Festival Hall" for the Enja label won a Grammy.
After nearly 10 years accompanying other great jazz musicians, by 1993, Perez switched his focus to leading his own bands and he released two excellent recordings in 1993 and 1994, "Danilo Perez" and "The Journey" both for the RCA/Novus label.
Downbeat magazine hailed "The Journey" as one of the best albums of the 1990's. In 1995, Wynton Marsalis asked Perez to join his band, and later that year he performed with the Panamanian Symphony Orchestra which showcased an orchestral version of his album, "The Journey." In 1996 and 1998, he released two albums for the impulse! Label, "PanaMonk," and "Central Avenue." He earned his first Grammy nomination for "Central Avenue," which was produced by legendary jazz producer and GRP Recording Co. chairman, Tommy LiPuma. That album is made up of mostly originals, but he and his band do interpret two classics in their own way, the ballad "Lush Life," and John Coltrane's "Impressions," both of which take on a fresh sound.
With four albums under his belt by the late 1990's, Perez' place in the new generation of jazz musicians was firmly ensconced. All this notoriety led to his joining the Wayne Shorter Quartet in 2002. Perez' eclectic keyboard stylings are showcased on Shorter's albums "Alegria" and "Footprints Live," both for Verve Records.
These days, Perez serves as an ambassador of Goodwill for UNICEF, as a cultural ambassador of his native Panama, and as one of the co-founders of the Panama Jazz Festival. He also serves with the faculty of the New England Conservatory and the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Since the release of "Central Avenue" in 1998, Perez has released other albums under his own name, including "Motherland," "…Til Then," in 2000 and 2003, respectively, for Verve Records, and "Live at the Jazz Showcase," in 2005 for Artist Share. On all three albums he's accompanied by his longtime sidemen, bassist Ben Street and drummer/percussionist Adam Cruz, and with the two Verve releases, by a bevy of top names in jazz, including vocalists Claudia Acuna, Lizz Wright and Richard Bona, violinist Regina Carter and bassist John Patitucci.
---Richard J. Skelly, All Music Guide |
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