Pianist, composer, arranger Hilario Durán makes a triumphant musical homecoming on his new album Contumbao. Recorded in the historic Egrem Studios in Havana, Cuba with an...
The Afro-Cuban percussionist and singer, Brenda Navarrete is one of the best-kept secrets of her generation. However, now, thanks to producer extraordinaire and Alma Records founder,...
It should surprise no one that Jane Bunnett should call Mujeres de Luna by Estrella Acosta “Full of thought, heart and joy”. Miss Bunnett should know...
Hilario Durán makes a triumphant musical homecoming with his newest album, “Contumbao.” Internationally recognized as a jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader of the highest order,...
Svetlana Boym was the Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literatures at Harvard University, lived between 1959 and 2015, and has been described as...
Although the brilliant, virtuoso pianist Hilario Durán might be heard in a recording studio warming up by playing a Bach Partita or one of Charlie Parker’s...
The powerful, sinuous pizzicato of Roberto Occhipinti has bellowed from the depths of Jane Bunnett’s and Hilario Durán’s bands for several decades. During that time the...
Alex Cuba And Friends 2016-2017 Season, The Royal Conservatory, World, World Music Concerts DATE: Saturday, April 8, 2017 | TIME: 8:00 pm PRICE: Starting at $45.00...
WDR BIG BAND featuring Hilario Durán – Performing Opening 2 / Mambo Influenciado (Rehearsal) For several concerts entitled “Cuban Night”, Cuban pianist and composer Hilario Durán...
“Listening to it now, it’s clear: Spirits of Havana was twenty-five years ahead of its time” — Ned Sublette Tempis Fugit! Twenty-five years since Jane Bunnett...
Hear Jazz, Blues, R&B, Gospel, Rock and More as the City’s Largest Music Festival Takes Over This Summer! TORONTO – Celebrating its 30th anniversary this summer,...
Saying thanks for the Afro-Cuban music that Canada has had the pleasure of being a part of is one thing; paying tribute in song is quite...
The concept of a collision between jazz and classical music is not new. The fantasy has been driving composers and performers as early as the turn...
Essential Albums Revisited I thought that this Justin Time recording Habana Nocturna (1999) by Hilario Durán was going to be all-but-forgotten. I also thought, for no...
The 29th edition of the TD Toronto Jazz Festival came to an end on Saturday, June 27, 2015. Performers who graced the Toronto Star stage at...