Ruben Blades joins 2020 Jazz Festival stars

Panamanian singer-songwriter Grammy award-winning icon.  Rubén Blades and the  Roberto Delgado Orchestra will be among the guest artists at the seventeenth edition of the Panama Jazz Festival. January 13 -18, 2020.

 Since the festival was founded in 2003, it has attracted 350,000 jazz lovers, while in January 2019 it attracted over  30,000 people e from around the world.

Blades will participate in the festival’s gala night on January 15 at the Anayansi Theater in the Atlapa Convention Center.

Also in the concert will be the festival’s founder  Danilo Pérez , Dianne Reeves, Isaac Delgado, Terri Lyne Carrington and John Patitucci.

The show marks an important precedent in the cultural exchange between Panama, Cuba and the United States, says a statement from the event organizers.

The festival will also feature a series of stellar shows at the Teatro Ateneo de Ciudad del Saber, with artists such as the Detroit All-Star band, Chilean Patricia Zárate, and drummer Adam Cruz.

The Panamanian band composed of women The Daughters of Jazz, the Panamanian musician Osvaldo Ayala and Ravi Coltrane will be some of the musicians that will close the concert week.

The Panama Jazz Festival also has an educational component and to date $4.5 million dollars were distributed in national and international scholarships and its music workshops bring together 5,000 students from around the world every year.