9th Annual Panama Jazz Festival Led By Artistic Director Danilo Pérez Announces 2012 Lineup!

Hi everyone! There's no doubt in my mind that most of us should try to make this festival. Why? Not only because of the intriguing line-up but also because by the time January rolls around, we will be tired of wintry weather. Go south - where it'll be warm and sunny! 

Festival Dates: January 16 - 21, 2012

Headlining Artists Include:
Omara Portuondo & Chucho Valdes, John Scofield, Tito Puente, Jr., 
Luis Bonilla, Charlie Sepulveda, Jed Levy, Teri Roiger & John Menegon

Festival Dedicated To Saxophonist Carlos Garnett 

 

One of Panama's most significant cultural events, the Ninth Annual Panama Jazz Festival will be held on January 16-21, 2012. Already a reference in the global jazz calendar and attracting more than an estimated 100,000 people since its inception, this year's festival is dedicated to tenor saxophonist Carlos Garnett, one of the most prolific Panamanian-Americans in jazz, known for working with artists such as Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and Art Blakey, among others. 

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Jazz Composer Vince Mendoza Assembles All-Star Cast For "Nights on Earth" [Exclusive Tracks]

"A composer-arranger at the level of Gil Evans and the similarly eclectic Maria Schneider, Mendoza has delivered a lovely CD, one that's exotic in the best, most worldly sense."

Carlo Wolff, JazzTimes  

Vince Mendoza - Nights on Earth

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After a remarkably productive decade which saw him writing stellar orchestral arrangements for recordings by such popular singers as Bjork, Melody Gardot, Sting and Joni Mitchell (he won two of his six Grammy® Awards and 25 nominations for his contributions to her Both Sides Now in 2000 and Travelogue in 2003), Vince Mendoza has shifted focus back to his own compositions for the first time in 13 years. 

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