Hiromi 2011 Newport Jazz festival

Sunday Nights at El Caribe in Panama City

If you get the chance to visit Restaurante El Caribe on Via Argentina in El Cangrejo, Panama City, just show up and enjoy the food, music and atmosphere. You be well pleased.

On my first visit, I found the authentic Caribbean and Costenan cuisine to be superb. The music was Jazz with Reggie Boyce's group, Jazz Effects(http:jazzeffects.com), and

"I Love Myself When I'm Laughing", the new single from Lenora Zenzalai Helm

I first fell in love with Lenora Zenzalai Helm's music, and singing style, about ten years ago. She was performing at the Hayti Heritage Center, in Durham, NC. in 2002.

I have followed her over the years, playing her music on my Jazz program, interviewing her, and ultimately working with her as narrator on her latest Youtube video promo.

Internationally acclaimed, Chicago native Lenora Zenzalai Helm is an award winning

Lenora Zenzalai Helm, a life in music. See it now.

Ellis Marsalis Trio at the 2010 PJF Jan 14, 2010

I was anticipating the performance of New Orleans Jazz icon, Ellis Marsalis at the PJF on Thursday night, Jan 14, 2010, and he did not disappoint. I had already seen Wynton, Branford, Defayo and Jason in concert. This was my first time seeing the family patriarch.

A long time supporter of the PJF, this was Mr. Marsalis's first

PJF Jan 13, 2010(Passing the Torch)

I just returned from four days (Jan 13-16, 2010) in Panama where the 7th Annual Panama Jazz Festival(PJF)was in full swing.

For the past 7 years pianist Danilo Perez has invited some of the world's best Jazz artists to perform, and mentor young musicians who compete for scholarships at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

This practice, of course, has long been in evidence around the country and the world. Here in North Carolina at NC Central University, Duke University, and UNC Chapel Hill the, "passing of the torch", to

Pianist Sonny White Honored at PJF

Panamanian Jazz Piano Icon Oswald Ellerton, better known as Sonny White, was honored at the 7th Annual Panama Jazz Festival(PJF) in Jan 2010.

Born in Panama in 1917, White was in the US by the 30's playing with cats like