. . . . . . . "Interviews" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Danilo Perez speaks with Mark Ruffin about his second album, \"The journey\"; starting out as a classical pianist; his father introducing him to music; playing percussion at age 3; his father as a vocalist; classical music in Panama; playing with his father, working, and going to school; studying electonrics; coming to the United States on a Fulbright scholarship; the Berklee College of Music and his Quincy Jones scholarship; how he came to be interested in jazz; jazz in Panama; auditioning for Jon Hendricks in New York City when he was 19 years old; recording with Terence Blanchard; playing with Claudio Roditi; playing with Paquito D'Rivera; playing with Dizzy Gillespie and the United Nations Orchestra; his relaionship with Dizzy Gillespie; the GRAMMYs; his albums \"Danilo Perez\", \"Panamonk\", and \"Motherland\"; \"Panamonk\" connecting him to Thelonious Monk; music as representing a physical journey; \"Suite de Panama\" with his big band; his collaborations with Steve Lacy; Wayne Shorter and his GRAMMY for \"Beyond the sound barrier\"; making a record with Claus Ogerman; his album \"Music we are\"; the Panama Jazz Festival; serving as Ambassador of Goodwill for UNICEF and Cultural Ambassador for Panama; his work with children; using music as a socio-cultural tool; his family and his future." . "Interview with Danilo Perez" . . . . . "Panama." . .