Name: Danilo Perez Trio
Start: 2026-06-19T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-19T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre

This is a Club Pass Series Show.
General Admission Seating.
No advance tickets are sold.
Entry is with a Club Pass or $40 at the door.
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Danilo Pérez (Piano), John Patitucci (Acoustic Bass), Adam Cruz (Drums)
About the Artist
As a solo artist and as a collaborator with jazz giants from Dizzy Gillespie to Wayne Shorter, for over three decades, Grammy-Award Winning Panamanian Pianist-Composer Danilo Pérez has been lauded as one of the most creative forces in contemporary music. With Jazz as the anchoring foundation, Pérez’s Global Jazz music is a blend of Panamanian roots, Latin American folk music, West African rhythms, and European impressionism – promoting music as a borderless and multidimensional bridge between all people. Since 1993, Pérez has released twelve albums, which have earned him critical acclaim and numerous accolades around the world. He is a recipient of the Doris Duke Artist Award in 2021, the United States Fellowship in 2018, and the 2009 Smithsonian Legacy Award.
For nearly two decades, Pérez performed alongside bassist John Patitucci as the pianist and key collaborator of the Wayne Shorter Quartet. The quartet became known for an almost telepathic way of communicating musically, winning the Best Jazz Instrumental Album Grammy Award in 2019 for Blue Note Records’ release, EMANON. Patitucci first came to worldwide acclaim in the mid-1980s, when his work with Chick Corea helped put him at the forefront of the jazz world. Patitucci has recorded and performed throughout the world with his own band and with countless jazz luminaries, pop, and classical artists.
Drummer, composer, and educator Adam Cruz was born in New York City and has been a vital creative force on the international jazz scene. He leads his own group, is an integral part of renowned pianist Danilo Pérez’s trio, and regularly works with artists such as Tom Harrell, The Mingus Big Band, Joey Calderazzo, Chris Potter, Steve Wilson and Edward Simon. Adam currently teaches at CCNY and the Berklee Global Jazz Institute.