INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Latin Jazz Conversations: Danilo Perez (Part 5)

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Latin Jazz Conversations: Danilo Perez (Part 5)
Pianist Danilo PA(C)rez has spent his life making a difference in a variety of ways that have touched countless people around the world. As a performer, PA(C)rez has applied enthusiastic creativity and smart musicality consistently, raising the artistic bar wherever he performs. From his younger days performing on Panama’s lively music scene to later Stateside gigs with vocalist Jon Hendricks …
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Stallone smarter than most moviegoers
Dear Mick LaSalle: Stallone is a paradox to me: His movies always seem smart and dumb at the same time. But his movies always have heart. Kevin Steed, Oakland Dear Kevin Steed: It’s a great blessing in a popular artist to be smart in the ways the public is… LaSalle – United States – Recreation – Makes and Models – Autos
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Buzz grows for ‘Dandelion’
As the end credits of “Like Dandelion Dust” rolled, tissue packets crinkled, and some of the dozen or so friends and family and community members gathered in bestselling Vancouver Christian fiction writer Karen Kingsbury’s home theater dabbed their eyes. The film, an adaptation of Kingsbury’s 2006 novel, centers on the battle between adoptive and birth parents over a 6-year-old boy. It’s a topic …
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