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Hilario Duran
A 2003 JUNO Award Nominated
Artist for his “Havana Remembered” CD, and a 2005 JUNO Award Winner for
his “New Danzon” CD, Hilario Durán, Pianist, Composer,
Bandleader and Arranger of the first order, is one of the greatest
virtuoso Jazz pianists emerging from Havana, Cuba.
Hilario Durán was a member of the Arturo Sandoval’s band for
nine years (1981 – 1990). As a composer, arranger and producer, as well
as a performer -playing both piano and keyboard- he toured at major
Jazz Festivals around the world, sharing stages with legendary
musicians such as the late Dizzy Gillespie, and composer/arranger
Michael Legrand.
In 1990, Hilario formed his own band “Perspectiva” which toured
successfully through Latin America and Europe. One year later, Hilario
participated as a pianist in Jane Bunnett’s JUNO Award Winner CD
“Spirits of Havana”.
After two internationally released solo albums, “Francisco’s Song”
(1996),and“Killer Tumbao” (1997, featuring a hosts of Cuban musical
giants as Tata Güines and Changüito), Hilario Durán
decided to move to Canada with his family and released the “Habana
Nocturna” album, “… a round – trip ticket from Cuban music to Jazz and
back…”
In 2005, Hilario formed his explosive Big Band Orchestra with top
Canadian and Cuban musicians in Toronto, being one of the highlights of
the "Distillery Jazz Festival”, “Autoworkers Assembly Hall Big Band
Festival”, in Port Elgin, and “Sound of Toronto Jazz Series”,
critically acclaimed by the press.
Hilario’s latest releases are “New Danzon” (2005 JUNO Awards Winner),
which has taken the wonderful classic Cuban music called “Danzon” to
new heights (“New Danzon” melds the traditional with sophisticated
Be-Bop and technical musical mastery); and “Encuentro en La Habana”
recorded in Cuba, Feb. 2005, with the former members of “Perspectiva”.
"Encuentro en La Habana" is a musical celebration. This CD shows the
joy of the reunion, great energy, spontaneity, and creativity.
Downloads
> Hilario
Duran Biography (pdf)
> Hilario
Duran Reviews (pdf)
>
Hilario Duran Discography (pdf)
> Review of
"New Danzon" (Alma Records 2005)
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"Trio Influenciado" from "Encuentro En La Habana" (Alma Records 2006)
(mp3)
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"Farewell" from Encuentro En La Habana" (Alma Records 2006) (mp3)
"El
Manisero" from "New Danzon (Alma Records 2004) (mp3)
featuring Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez
"New
Danzon" from "New Danzon" (Alma Records 2004) (mp3)
featuring Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez
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