Hilario Duran - Discography
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**New Release** - Motion
The Hilario Duran Trio features Canadian greats Roberto Occhipinti on bass and Mark Kelso on Drums.
Track Listings:
1. It’s Only Seven 8:46
2. Conversation With A Lunatic 4:12
3. Havana City 10:04
4. For Emiliano 7:09
5. Tango Moruno 6:50
6. Danza Negra 5:43
7. Timba en Trampa 6:05
8. Motion 4:48
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From the Heart
2007 Juno Winner!
Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year
2007 Grammy Nomination!
Best Jazz Solo
Paquito D'Rivera "Paq Man"
With From The Heart, Hilario Duran has realized his life long dream. A showcase for the Cuban-born, Toronto-based musician's love for his native country's seminal Jazz Band Orchestras, this recording features Duran's rhythmically sophisticated compostiions and sensual arrangements written for his new and exciting 20-piece Latin Jazz Big Band.
Featuring Grammy Award winning jazz great Paquito D'Rivera, drummer Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez and a who's who of Cuban and Canadian jazz stars, this recording boasts Duran's rhythmically sophisticated compositions and sensual arrangements written for his exciting 20-piece Latin Jazz Big Band. All of Hilario Duran's extraordinary talents, influences, and passions combine to create a majestic, tradition-inspired tribute to Cuban Jazz Band Orchestras. It's a heartfelt masterpiece!
Track Listings :
1. Mambo Influenciado - 5:20
2. From the Heart - 6:35
3. Habanera in Spain - 5:45
4. Angel Eyes - 4:25
5. Paq Man - 5:45
6. T'Dot Cha Cha Cha - 6:05
7. Moon Face Again - 5:34
8. Rumba for Chano - 1:22
9. Blem Blem Blem - 4:42
10. Farewell - 7:10
* Enhanced CD-Rom
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Encuentro en la Habana
2006 Juno Nomination!
Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year
"This album was recorded in my last visit to Cuba on 23 and 24 of February 2005 in the EGREM Studios, in Havana. To record an album with the former members of one of the most ambitious musical project ever had in Cuba, was always a dream. We performed as the band for Grammy winning, Trumpet player Arturo Sandoval. When Arturo moved to the United States, we named the group Perspectiva and decided continue the musical work of this band with a different musical perspective.
I tried to embrace different genres of music and influences, from Jazz to Caribbean and Cuban music with this project, all with a strong flavor of Funk and a little bit of Rock." ~ Hilario Duran
Track Listings :
1. Perspectiva - 4:40
2. Gandinga y Sazon- 3:08
3. Bluesette - 6:40
4. Danzon para los Amigos - 3:42
5. Havana City - 5:57
6. No More Cha Cha - 5:51
7. Perla Marina - 4:52
8. Trio Influenciado - 3:59
9. Descarga en la Egrem - 3:48
10. Farewell - 1:46
* Enhanced CD-Rom
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New Danzon
2005 Juno Winner!
Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year
A fresh, vibrant, Latin trio recording, blending milieus and motifs of the classic Cuban musical form, "Danzon" with sophisticated be-bop voicings, and superb technical musicianship by three of the international jazz scene's most luminous artists, Cuban-born pianist Hilario Duran, versatile bassist Roberto Occhipinti and Cuban percussionist Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez.
The "Danzon" form is most familiar as early Cuban dance music … from the French term "Contre Danse"- a precursor to the Mambo. The roots of "Danzon" are, in fact, European … by way of Haiti. The Contre Danse eventually became "Danzon" when it mixed with the Afro Cuban influences and eventually evolved into the familiar Mambo, as performed by 20th Century Cuban musicians such as the late bassist/composer Cachao and vocalist Ibrahim Ferrar. Contemporary Afro-Cuban music incorporates all of these diverse influences, from "Danzon" to Jazz, thereby creating a new style of music with deep ethno-centric roots, hence a "New Danzon".
Hilario Duran and his trio have taken this elemental musical form to a new level, combining it with the modern elements that are so integral to the experience of current jazz musicians. Included in the nine tracks of New Danzon are unique renditions of Charlie Parker's bop classic, "Segment"; the gorgeous Ivan Lins composition, "Velas" (Candles); original Hilario Duran tunes, "Yemaya Olodo" (based on an Afro Cuban religious chant to the Goddess of the Sea), as well as the title track, "New Danzon"; modern Los Angeles-based composer, arranger and band-leader Clare Fisher's "Gaviota"; two Classic Cuban compositions including Pare Cochero and El Manisero (the familiar "Peanut Vendor" made famous by Stan Kenton; the Venezuelan standard "Caballo Viejo" (known as "Bamboleo" by the Gipsy Kings) and a surprising and refreshing take on the well-trodden standard "All of Me" by Seymour Simon. New Danzon by The Hilario Duran Trio is a marvelous way to experience this fusion of cultures - both old and new - resulting in a magnificent artistic achievement, arrived at through the respectful tradition of classic songs, yet incorporating the most current elements of Modern jazz.
Track Listings :
1. El Manisero (Moises Simon) - 4:50
2. Segment (Charlie Parker) - 5:14
3. Yemaya Olodo (Hilario Duran) - 4:00 - Socan
4. Gaviota (Clare Fisher) - 4:38
5. All of Me ( Seymour Simon) - 4:36
6. New Danzon (Hilario Duran) - 5:56 - Socan
7. Pare Cochero (Miguel Angel Banguela) - 3:46
8. Velas (Ivan Lins) - 4:40
9. Caballo Viejo (Ramon Diaz) - 6:34
* Enhanced CD-Rom
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