wow, how beautiful, danilo perez. thank you for joining us. >> it's a pleasure to be here. >> hinojosa: some people might not know your name, but you are a grammy award winning musician, composer. you head up the berklee college of music global jazz institute. >> yes. >> hinojosa: you head up the panamanian jazz festival that you created. you live in boston. >> yes. >> hinojosa: and you give so much back in terms of your music to the world. it's really an honor to have you here. >> it's my honor, too. >> hinojosa: when people think about jazz, sometimes they think it's a solid american traditional music. you grew up in panama, and in fact, panama and jazz, there's a long history there. i mean, you're panamanian, latin jazz, but this is not new, right? >> yes. actually, there has been a significant contribution from panamanians to jazz, actually. one of them started with luis russell. he made a fantastic contribution with louis armstrong. they made some records. he grew up in panama until he was 17 years old. he won a