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Jesus Alemany's Cubanismo! feat. Alfredo Rodriguez | 
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| Artists: Jesus Alemany, Alfredo Rodriguez
Label: Hannibal
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 200364
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 571390
UPC: 031257139021
EAN: 0031257139021
ASIN: B00000062U
Release Date: February 27, 1996
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Condition: music ripped to computer and played in dvd player scratches do not affect play--case cracked
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| Tracks:
| | Descarga de Hoy - Jesus Alemany, Valle, Orlando "Mar | | | Meta y Guaguanco - Jesus Alemany, Rodriguez, Arsenio | | | Tumbao de Coqueta - Jesus Alemany, Duran, Hilario | | | Aprovecha - Jesus Alemany, Valle, Orlando "Mar | | | Pa'Que Gozen - Jesus Alemany, Rodriguez, Arsenio | | | Ni Pa'ca Ni Pa'lla - Jesus Alemany, Terry, Yosvany | | | Homanaje a Arcano - Jesus Alemany, Duran, Hilario | | | La Rumba y el Tumbador - Jesus Alemany, Alexander, Leonardo | | | Cicuta Tibia - Jesus Alemany, Duarte, Ernesto | | | Ahora Me Voy - Jesus Alemany, Valle, Orlando "Mar |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 EXCELLENT CUBAN July 13, 2005
HOT MIX (Southwest Desert)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great album. Jesus Alemany is intoxicating. There are seven songs here that are excellent and unforgettable.
4 1/2* You Ready to RUMBA?! September 29, 2004
M. Allen Greenbaum (California)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is an extremely satisfying collection of Cuban songs performed by a band of virtuosi fronted by the great trumpet player, Jesus Alemany. It's an excellent introduction to the range of Cuban jazz, as the dance tracks include such rhythms as rumba, cha-cha, son, danzon, and pa'ca. The musicians are uniformly excellent, but I was especially impressed by the three Alemany family members on trumpet, Orlando Valle on flute (an instrument that I don't usually enjoy that much), excellent jazz riffs by pianist Alfredo Rodriguez, and underneath it all, the incessant, overlapping percussive section (including the following instruments: timbale, conga, bongo, guiro, claves, and quinto). Tanto Guines is one of the great modern percussionists; he and Miguel Aurelio Diaz move these pieces along with their complex, rumbling beats. The percussion section, by the way, is very well recorded
The CD also cuts across various strains of jazz: Big band (with big blaring solos), some modern dissonance (the saxophonists and pianist play some beautiful abstract riffs that are great 1950's bop) and some straight ahead mainstream numbers. These latter songs (e.g., "Aprovecha") are relaxing and danceable, but also the least compelling. Fortunately, most of the songs take more risks. Unlike another reviewer here, I thought the horn section was tight, the sections and the band as a whole work well together. Towards the end, a few of the cuts on this long album lose some energy as the dance sensibility gets more weight than the jazz. I think mixing in some live performances would have added excitement and enabled a more personal feeling to the band. Granted, they don't showboat it, but the briefly spoken phrase by the drummer at the end of the last song added a "presence" that was almost electrifying. An excellent large ensemble introduction to the genre.
Great trumpet/big band jazz music August 29, 2001
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a fantastic C.D. if you like trumpet music/jazz music with very little vocal. Jesus Alemany must be one of the greatest trumpet players. The only C.D. I would recommend ahead of this is The Best of Arturo Sandoval. Arturo's music is also out of this world.
Fiery modern descarga with jazz touches! February 17, 2001
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
With all due respect to the previous reviewers, it doesn't get much better than this! Cubanismo is one of the finest Cuban dance bands working today. They are absolutely incredible live and, although this isn't a live recording, it does capture some of the pure fire and swing of catching Jesus Alemany and his crew in a live setting. Unlike the dynamic Cuban salsa and timba bands of today, Cubanismo plays more traditional Cuban dance rhythms, such as son montuno, changui, pilon, and mambo, but with a modern descarga (jam session) feel and jazz elements mixed in. The first three Cubanismo albums are all FANTASTIC, but, in my opinion, this is the best of the three because of the pure swing and incredible musicianship. Alemany is one of the finest trumpet players anywhere, and he surrounds himself here with the likes of Tata Guines, Miguel "Anga" Diaz, Alfredo Rodriguez, Orlando "Maraca" Valle, Yosvanny Terry, Carlitos Del Puerto, and many other great musicians. It is a band that is hard to top. The arrangements are loose and the playing is intense, allowing the musicians to stretch out. This recording is not meant to be at all like Arturo Sandoval's "Hot House." Rather, like the New York Times review so aptly states, it was a session in which the music really does equal "the intensity of music performed in a club." This is Cuban dance music at it's intense and dynamic best!!! I recommend this, as well as Malembe and Reencarnacion to anyone who wants to experience just how explosive Cuban music can be.
 ok November 25, 1999
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I agree with the previous comment but rate it a little higher if for nothing more than musicianship. Do not regret buying it though, the musicians are great.
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