Director of 2026 GRAMMY Award Campaign: 9-Time GRAMMY® Nominated Danilo Pérez
Danilo Pérez and Sweden's renowned Bohuslän Big Band have been nominated for a 2026 GRAMMY® Award in the category of "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album."
Now earning his ninth GRAMMY® nomination plus three GRAMMY® Award wins, Danilo Pérez consistently advances the language of jazz while remaining deeply rooted in its lineage.
From his formative years with Dizzy Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra to his defining tenure in the Wayne Shorter Quartet, Pérez has never treated jazz as a fixed form-- but as a living, borderless dialogue.
“Danilo Pérez is a man with some serious jazz cred… The Panamanian pianist got his start playing with Dizzy Gillespie, and continued with Wayne Shorter… As a composer and bandleader himself, he’s practically peerless.” -NPR