In the new Philadelphia Weekly:
Danilo Perez
Fri., Mar. 19, 8pm. With Somi. $26-$64. Kimmel Center, 260 South Broad St. 215.731.3333 www.kimmelcenter.org
Pianist Danilo Perez has blazed a trail from his native Panama to the U.S. and beyond, amassing a lofty body of work with Wayne Shorter’s quartet, Jack DeJohnette, Roy Haynes and many others, to say nothing of his myriad achievements as a leader. Broadening his global focus, Perez hits the Kimmel Center stage with a new band that includes Iraqi-American trumpeter Amir ElSaffar, Indian-American altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa, Puerto Rican tenorist David Sanchez and Lebanese-American percussionist Jamey Haddad, all of whom could turn in compelling sets by themselves. The unifying theme? Music by Perez’s mentor Dizzy Gillespie, a creator of bebop and Latin jazz, the godfather of jazz internationalism. — David R. Adler
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