This is Victor Boa at the piano with his signature pipe (or cigar) in mouth. He was about 60 in this image as he played at the Plaza Paitilla Inn. He gave this photo to Armando Boza a few days before his death.
This was the LP Victor Boa recorded on the Taboga/Discos Istmeños label in 1970.
We can, with all certainty, say that Victor Boa has had one of the profoundest effects on the Panamanian music scene; that is until the young Jazz virtuoso, Danilo Perez, came along to give our country some kind of cultural definition. But, even Danilo has genuflected to one of his most admired heroes, Victor Boa, and dedicated the 2005 Panama Jazz Festival to this enormously talented and unsung Maestro. Continue reading
