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The Panama Jazz Festival was founded in September 2003 by Panamanian Grammy-winning pianist Danilo Pérez. A Fulbright Scholar, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Cultural Ambassador of Panama, UNESCO Artist For Peace, educator, founder of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute at Berklee College of Music (MA, USA). Perez founded the festival with the mission of bettering the lives of people through shared musical experiences as listeners, on stage and in the classrooms. Perez’s stated vision for the event is that: "By offering performances and educational activities of the highest order, as well as practical, hands on training in the music and entertainment business, the Panama Jazz Festival aims to inspire and educate while providing tools and opportunities to build a better future for individuals and their communities." 〔http://www.panamajazzfestival Official Website〕 As such, and while the Festival annually offers a rich program of concerts by leading international jazz musicians, the emphasis is on music education. It has become the largest music education event in the region. The Panama Jazz Festival provides a week of master classes by some of the finest institutions in the field, including Berklee College of Music, New England Conservatory, the Golandsky Piano Institute, and the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico. The event has also become a center for auditions for admissions and scholarships for the participating institutions. Other institutions that have participated in the festival include the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the Sienna Jazz Foundation, and the Paris Conservatory. 〔 〕 In 13 years, the festival has become a cultural tourism attraction that has already enticed to Panama more than 220,000 people from all over the world. The Festival has also announced more than 4,000,000 dollars in scholarships and served more than 10,000 students from Latin American and the world. Some of the artists featured in the festival include The Wayne Shorter Quartet, Herbie Hancock, Chucho Valdés Quartet, John Patitucci, Joe Lovano, Rubén Blades, Randy Weston, Kenny Barron, Nnenna Freelon, Mike Stern, Lizz Wright, Jack DeJohnette, Stanley Jordan, Billy Cobham, and Ellis Marsalis, Jr..〔 The festival supports the year-round educational programs of (Danilo Perez Foundation ), which brings art and music to children from extremely poor communities in the Republic of Panama. The idea for the Danilo Perez Foundation originated in the 1965 when Danilo Perez Urriola (father of the pianist) started his educational programs with children of extreme poverty in Panama and created an elementary and high school curriculum where all classes were taught through improvisation, composition, and the performance of music. == Featured artists == || Voice || Chile || |- | || Brian Lynch (Alain Perez) || Trumpet || USA || *Grammy Award Winner |- | || Conrad Herwig (Lucques Curtes, William O'Connell, Pedro Martinez) || Trombone || USA || |- | 2012 || John Scofield (Benjamin Street, William Stewart) || Guitar || USA || |- | || Charlie Sepúlveda (Raul Maldonado, Natanael Molina, Gabriel Rodriquez, Gadwin Vargas, Norberto Ortiz) || Trumpet || USA || |- | || Luis Bonilla || Trombone || USA || |- | || Omara Portuondo || Voice || Cuba ||| |- | || Chucho Valdés || Piano || Cuba || *Grammy Awad Winner * Latin Grammy Award Winner |- | || Carlos Garnett (Carlton Holmes, Taru Alexander) || Saxophone || USA || |- | || Tito Puente Jr (Rosado Marlow, Teri Roiger, John Menegon) || Percussion || USA || |- | || Jed Levi (Alvester Garnett, Thomson Neekland, Misha Tsiganov) || Saxophone || USA || |- | || Adalberto Santiago (William Thompson, Jorge Diaz, Jose Piro Rodriguez, Josue Rosado, Raul Rosario, Jose Gazmey, Jose Pedroso, Jose Changuito Quinta, Julio Flores ) || Singer || Puerto Rico || |- | 2013 || Herbie Hancock || Piano || USA || *Grammy Award Winner |- | || Wayne Shorter Quartet (feat. Brian Blade, Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci) || Saxophone, piano, drums, bass || USA || *Grammy Award Winner |- | || Bill Frisell || Guitar || USA || *Grammy Award Nominee |- | || Susana Baca || Voice || Peru || *Latin Grammy Award Winner |- | 2014 || Lizz Wright || Voice || USA || |- | || Kenny Garrnett || Saxophone || USA || *Grammy Award Winner |- | || HBC Trio (Scott Henderson, Jeff Berlin, Dennis Chambers) || Guitar, bass, drums || USA || |- | || Pisco Trio (George Garzone, Jorge Perez, Ehud Ettun) || Saxophone, drums, bass || USA, Peru, Israel || |- | || Nedelka Prescod || Voice || USA || |- | || Shea Welsh || Guitar || USA || |- | || Michelle Coltrane || Voice || USA || |- | || Kevin Harris || Piano || USA || |- | 2015 || Children of the Light (Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Brian Blade) || Piano, bass, drums || Panama & USA || |- | || Benny Golson || Saxophone || USA || |- | || Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band (Brian Blade, Jon Cowherd, Chris Thomas, Myron Walden, Melvin Butler) || Drums, piano, bass, saxophone, clarinet || USA || |- | || Pedrito Martinez || Percussion || Cuba || *Grammy Award Nominee |- | || Miguel Zenón || Saxophone || Puerto Rico || *Grammy Award Nominee |- | || Rubén Blades || Voice || Panama || *Grammy Award Winner |- | || MAPUJAZZ ft. Claudia Acuña || Voice || Chile || |- | || Omar Alfanno || Voice & composer || Panama || *Latin Grammy Award Winner |- | || Phil Ranelin || Trombone || USA || |- | || Uwe Kropinski & Michael Heupel || Guitar & flute || Germany || |- |} 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Panama Jazz Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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