Hilario Duran & his Latin Jazz Big Band - ‘Cry Me A River’

The overview of instrumental big-bandy albums nominated for 2024 Grammy Awards continues. The awards are on 4 February.

Pierre Giroux/AllAboutJazz: ‘Hilario Duran is a renowned Cuban-Canadian jazz pianist and composer known for contributing to Latin jazz. With the release of Cry Me A River, his Latin Jazz Big Band takes us on an extraordinary musical journey, effortlessly blending myriad genres into his singular style.”

Hilario earned a Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Arrangement for the song ‘I Remember Mingus,’ which features saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera. This is Hilario’s ~14th release since 1996. Hilario’s website ; Discogs

The YouTube link has the entire album played live-in-studio. The Grammy-nominated tune is shown below.

Hilario Duran & his Latin Jazz Big Band, Cry Me A River, full album: YouTube ; Spotify

This is on Jazz Best Albums 2023, Grammy Jazz 2023 and Big Band 2023, at Spotify/Jazz Todayish.  😎