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The main man behind these events, renowned jazz pianist Danilo Pérez, played in the last set at the Saturday night free concert at Plaza Catedral, but his main role was as inspirer and organizer. He also was master of ceremonies and did a bit of teaching during the week long festival. Here he takes care of some last minute details before the start of the first show at ATLAPA. Photo by Eric Jackson

Scenes from the Third Panama Jazz Festival

Here at a press conference we see, right to left, Randy Weston, Kurt Rosenwinkel and David Sánchez

This year's festival was dedicated to the late master of the jazz flute, Mauricio Smith. These are some members of his family onstage at ATLAPA, among them his 105-year-old mother. Photo by Eric Jackson

Saxophonist Carlos Garnett played the festival's first set, and also was onstage here in the penultimate act with bassist Alex Blake and, out of the picture, pianist Randy Weston and percussionist Neil Clarke. Photo by LA

From the same outdoor set as above, we see Alex Blake on bass and vocals. Photo by LA

One of the bright new stars of the Panamanian music scene, 11-year-old percussionist Milagros Blades. Photo by Eric Jackson

Part of the band for which Milagros Blades usually plays the tambor, Voces y Tambores de Panama, which is composed of half a dozen students and their teacher, Ricaurte Villarreal. Photo by Eric Jackson

Puerto Rican sax player David Sánchez steps back to the microphone at ATLAPA. Playing with him are Ben Street, Adam Cruz and Edsel Gómez. Photo by Eric Jackson

Several of the usual suspects of the Panama City jazz scene --- Luis Carlos Pérez, Wichy López, Chispa Lawson, Juan Carlos De León, Marcus Gilkes and Omar Díaz --- played in Friday night's tribute to Mauricio Smith. So did Mauricio Smith Jr., show here playing the flute, and his brother Marcelino Thompson. Photo by Eric Jackson

Here, from the same set as the photo above, we see Luis Carlos Pérez. Photo by Eric Jackson

Kurt Rosenwinkel's guitar playing was very good at the Plaza Catedral, and out of this world during his longer set the previous night at ATLAPA. Photo by Eric Jackson

Randy Weston was the big star at ATLAPA, playing with Neil Clarke and Alex Blake, each of whom is an outstanding veteran band leader in his own right. Photo by Eric Jackson

Here Weston performs at Plaza Catedral. Photo by LA

Panamanian jazz guitar and bass player Santi Debriano teaches at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, and brought a university jazz band, the Sounds of Ashé, to play at Plaza Catedral. Photo by Eric Jackson

Kathryn Hefferman plays flute with the Sounds of Ashé. Photo by Eric Jackson

Patricia Elena Vlieg, a Panamanian and a graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, played piano and sang for the crowd at Plaza Catedral, performing with her quintet a number of things from her recent "Origin" CD. She'll be performing at the Teatro Nacional on January 30. Photo by Eric Jackson

As the sun started to go down, the crowd got larger at Plaza Catedral. Photo by LA

Farewell --- for now. Photo by LA

Also in this section:
Scenes from the Third Panama Jazz Festival
Gallery & Museum Guide
Chilean Film Festival
Ballet in the Casco Viejo
Ancon Theatre Guild's next play
One night at Shamrock's

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