Bringing together acclaimed national and international artists, renowned educators and fans from around the world, the twentieth edition of the Panama Jazz Festival reaffirms its commitment to Panamanian culture and education through jazz, and prepares once again to carry out the January 16 to 21, 2023 at the City of Knowledge, Anayansi Theater and Casco Viejo, the largest event in the region that brings together thousands of fans.
Exalting values and talent for two uninterrupted decades, this year the Panama Jazz Festival returns with a strong artistic billboard with great stars such as: chucho valdes; The great Catherine Russelldaughter of the Panamanian pioneer of jazz – the bocatoreño Luis Russell; Children Of The Lighta trio carrying the legacy of Wayne Shorter made up of the bassist John Patituccithe drummer Brian Blade and the teacher Danilo Perez; Panamanian composer and pop star Erika Ender; women’s group led by Patricia Zárate de Pérez, Global Jazz Womxn and for the grand closing concert, the multi-award winner, “The Knight of Sauce”, Gilbert Santa Rosa.
In addition, thanks to the support of the Embassy of the United States, the groups Farayi Malak Quartet, Nadia Washington Quartet Y Chase Morrin Threesome they will participate in the festival giving concerts and clinics; thanks to the Embassy of Israel will be presenting Lihi Haruvi; On behalf of the Embassy of El Salvador, the acoustic project founded by the Salvadoran musician will be presented Carlos Romero.
The musical billboard is also strengthened with the participation of prominent Panamanian musicians such as celsito quintero, Idania Downman, Anthony Morris Guna Jazz Quintet, the group Harp Fusionsinger Carolina “Calele” perezand the new projects of the Danilo Pérez Foundation: the Luis Russell Collective Y The Daughters of Jazz Big Band.
As every year, the Panama Jazz Festival will have the participation of highly prestigious educational institutions such as the Berklee College of Music and his Berklee Global Jazz Institute; the New England Conservatory with its jazz and classical music programme, the New York Jazz Academythe Conservatory of Santiago de Chileamong other.
The VI Symposium of the Artistic and Cultural Expressions of Afro-descendants of Panama led by sociologist and professor gerardo maloney with the theme dedicated to the bolero; the VII Home Education Conference. The II Symposium on Music and Culture of the Original Peoples of Panama that will focus on highlighting its musical culture and, the First International Symposium: Panama and the Caribbean in the History of Jazz which will present the prominent American academic Lara Putnambook writer Radical Moves. Caribbean Migrants and the Politics of Race in the Jazz Age.
This year purchases are only available through the website www.panamajazzfestival.com and for the convenience of all lovers of the Panama Jazz Festival, now you will have direct access and on any digital device, to the clinics, schedules, artists, and complete schedule of the Panama Jazz Festival 2023, downloading the APP Sched Panamaa jazz festival Through the page https://celebrando20anosdepjf.sched.com/
