Jesus Alemany

The traditional rhythms of Cuba's horn-driven bands of the '50s is brought up to date by trumpet player Jesús Alemañy and his 15-piece band ¡Cubanismo!. The group's 1996 self-titled debut album reached the Top Ten lists of Billboard, Latin Beat and Afropop Worldwide and made ¡Cubanismo! one of the hottest bands to come out of Havana in nearly fifty years. With their subsequent albums, Malembe in 1997 and Reencarnacion in 1998, Alemañy and ¡Cubanismo! continued to bring their dance-inspiring mixture of montuno, mambo, pilon and son to the international stage. Alemañy began stud...