Gig | Hilario Durán Trio – Bimhuis Amsterdam

Jul 10, 2015
P.McLarren

Hilario Durán makes his instrument sound like an orchestra and this virtuoso style makes him a favorite of legendary compatriot Chucho Valdés. His trio featuring Canada’s best all-round rhythm team with double bassist Roberto Occhipinti and drummer Mark Kelso, fuses jazz with essential Cuban rhythms like rumba en son.

In the seventies Hilario Durán was Chucho Valdés’ chosen successor in Cuba’s most modern big band, Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, which also contained members of the future group Irakere. In the eighties Durán worked with Arturo Sandoval and Dizzy Gillespie and made his international breakthrough.

In the nineties he migrated to Canada where he leads his Latin Jazz Big Band. He has performed with musicians as varied as Michel Legrand and Michael Brecker. The Hilario Durán Trio features double bassist Roberto Occhipinti, the anchor of many classical, jazz- and Latin ensembles, and Mark Kelso, one of the world’s best Latin drummers.

Details:

Saturday 5, September 2015
Concert starts at 8:30 pm
BIMHUIS, Piet Heinkade 3,1019 BR, Amsterdam