Descemer Bueno

Descemer Bueno
Origin	Havana, Cuba
Genres	Jazz, Hip-hop
Years active	1990–present

Descemer Bueno (b. 1971, Habana Vieja) is a Cuban singer, composer, and producer. His first professional gigs were playing bass with Santiago Feliú, one of Cuba’s greatest troubadours.

Early life

Bueno studied music in Cuba and became a music teacher before forming his jazz combo band Estado de Animo in 1990, which also included guitarist Elmer Ferrer and pianist Roberto Carcassés. His band encountered some success during the 90’s touring in Spain, Bolivia, Uruguay, Germany, and Argentina. Descemer also performed in the United States in 1998 with the jazz ensemble Column B.

During this period, Bueno was artist-in-residence at Stanford University in California, and spent a year teaching at the University of South Africa in Cape Town. In 1999, after moving to New York, Bueno became active in his hip-hop band Yerba Buena writing or co-writing most of the songs for their debut album "President Alien".^[1] Yerba Buena songs can be heard in several American movies and Pepsi commercials.

Bueno soon moved back to Cuba and began producing, arranging, and composing music for many young Cuban musicians including Haydée for Haydée Milanés, La Isla Milagrosa for William Vivanco, and Breathe for Yusa. He also composed part of the music for the film "Havana Blues", being in the group of winners of the 2006 Goya award for Best Original Music.^[2]

Descemer is also known for his writing skills, being a named “bolerista” to be reckoned with after having written a set of boleros for Fernando Alvarez just before the singer’s death in 2002.

Career

In 2005 Bueno recorded his first solo album Siete Rayo, a hip-hop fusion album, after signing with Universal Latin. His album featured George Pajon of the Blacked Eyed Peas.

Descemer Bueno is currently working on his second solo album and on producing an album for rising star Diana Fuentes.

In 2010, Bueno is producing some songs for Enrique Iglesias's album Euphoria.

Awards, Recognition

• 2006  : Goya award for Best Original Music (film Havana Blues)

References

1. ^ Bush, John. "President Alien: Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r636439. Retrieved 2010-04-18. 
2. ^ "Goya Awards 2006". Zinema. Retrieved September 22, 2009.

External links

• Video Interview of Descemer Bueno the cuban singer on Havana-Cultura
• http://www.myspace.com/sieterayo
• http://www.cubaabsolutely.com/music/contemporary.htm
• http://www.discogs.com/artist/Descemer+Bueno
• http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Descemer+Bueno
• http://uk.real.com/music/artist/_22491/
• http://mp3.rhapsody.com/descemer-bueno/descemer-bueno-the-rhapsody-interview
• http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-12288312_ITM
• http://cdbaby.com/cd/descemerochoa

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Date of birth	1971
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