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 ve 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 fantastic contribution with louis armstrong. they made some records. he grew up in panama until he was 17 years old. he won a lott