Crisálida

Artist: Danilo Pérez

Title: Crisálida

Release Date: March 18, 2022

Format(s): 

• CD: 8-panel digipak

• Digital: High-res 96/24

Genre(s): Jazz / Latin Jazz

Project Description: Pianist, composer, humanitarian and activist Danilo Pérez believes that a united global perspective for the arts and social justice are the keys to moving humanity forward in harmony. With Crisálida, Pérez has convened his Global Messengers - several gifted Berklee Global Jazz Institute graduates mentored by Danilo hailing from Palestine, Greece and Jordan — to contribute their respective cultural learnings and personal experiences with the goal of building community through music, without borders.

“... brilliant Panamanian pianist, composer, and educator…” – Boston Globe

"His intentions for this music are noble and optimistic, and the message is clearly that if musicians from all over the globe can work together in harmony, world leaders should, too.” – The New York Sun

"Crisálida is one of Pérez's most ambitious and philosophical, representing his long-standing passion for such issues as immigration, environmentalism, and social change.” – All Music

"Mr Pérez is brilliant…” – Latin Jazz Network

"This cooperative music is deliberately international in instrumentation and personnel and theme, proffering its own characteristic, and often quite beautiful, mix of sounds.” – The Arts Fuse

"What’s remarkable about the enterprise is how Pérez's vision becomes a collective one.” – The Big Takeover