Junior Jazz in Panama City
Luis Carlos Ledezma, who lives in a poor neighbourhood of Panama City, may only be 12 years old, but he is a member of a band that has performed at the Panama Jazz Festival and opened for internationally famous musicians like Ruben Blades and Herbie Hancock.
Ledezma belongs to the Junior Jazz band of the Danilo Perez Foundation, which teaches music to children and adolescents living in impoverished and dangerous areas.
Twelve-year-old Oliver Mall, a member of the Junior Jazz band, practises his saxophone at his house in San Felipe.
Pablo Mures blows his trumpet as onlookers applaud on a street in Santa Ana.
Luis Carlos Ledezma plays his saxophone on the steps outside his house in the poor neighbourhood of El Chorrillo.
Pablo Mures listens to the other band members during a rehearsal at the Danilo Perez Foundation.
Oliver Mall and Pablo Mures practise before a local concert.
Luis Angel Navarro and Pablo Mures laugh as they play at the rehearsal.
The band practises together on the balcony of the foundation.
All six members pose for a photograph with their instruments.
