Edward Perez / Michael Thomas Quartet / Jazz.

About Edward Perez:
Bassist and composer Edward Perez resides in Queens New York where he co-directs the Grammy-nominated Terraza Big Band and maintains a great number of musical collaborations in a myriad of styles. The early years of Perez’s career included stints in Boston and Lima, Peru, where he began his formation in jazz, latin-jazz, and Afro-Peruvian styles. Since arriving in New York in 2005, Pérez has toured throughout the world, playing bass for acclaimed band leaders in jazz such as Paquito D’Rivera, Ralph Peterson Jr, Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra and Ignacio Berroa and even sharing the stage with jazz luminaries such as Lee Konitz, Kenny Werner, Lionel Loueke, Mark Turner, and Seamus Blake. Owing to the lasting influence of his years in Lima, he has performed with many of the greats of Afro-Peruvian music, including Oscar Avilés, Julio “Chocolate” Algendones, Juan Medrano Cotito, and Grammy winner Eva Ayllón. His unending curiosity in music has led him into collaborations with musicians from a host of other styles including Lebanese oud master Marcel Khalife, flamenco phenom Diego Amador, Colombian singer Lucia Pulido, and Galician gaita powerhouse Cristina Pato. Perez’s compositions and arrangements have been performed in venues such as Kennedy Center, David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, Massey Hall, Chicago Symphony Center, El Gran Teatro Nacional de Lima, Damascus Opera House, and Boston Symphony Hall. He currently continues to freelance, co-direct the Terraza Big Band, and arrange for Festejation, a New York based group playing Afro-Peruvian music.