My name is Roberto Aleman -Manzano Jr. My Stage name is Bobby Aleman . I was born in “EL Callejon de Mata 7” in the Barrio of Guanabacoa, La Habana,Cuba. But I grew up around el “Parque Fabrica” Luyano. I never had any musical training in Cuba, and I did not come from a musical family either, but as Bob Marley used to say” Who Jah Bless, no men courses” or as we said in Cuba “Lo que DIOS te dio, San Pedro te lo bendiga”.In Cuba for many musicians the Academy is “El Solar”..

Sara Manzano (my paternal GrandMother) took me to my 1st Rumba when I was 2 ½ and ever since I had that Clave ticking in my heart. After that my love affair with La Rumba has been nothing short of a BLIND PASSION. So needless to say that Afro-Cuban Music is my first passion and my forte. I won’t say that I’m 100% self-made musician. I did took a few music classes @ M.A.T.C. Madison under Mr: Peronto and Barber: Basic Music Theory I n’ II; also Preparatory keyboard, vocal classes and Strings. I was trying to gather enough credits to get into the UW School Of Music. But then I drop out of College.

The first genre of music that I started to play as soon as I learnt to play the Bass was Reggae. For a beginner like me Reggae was easier than all that syncopate Afro-Cuban Music Jazz or Latin Jazz, Salsa, e.t.c. This is not even counting 6/8 or Bembe. So Reggae were my very first baby steps into WORLDBEAT MUSIC. It was WorldBeat Music that catalpulted the “Buena Vista Social Club” into the World Market.

I guess the closest to a WorldBeat Band that I saw for the first time was “Ipso-Facto” from Minneapolis, back in the 90s. Although they were more Reggae oriented. Then one summer night in Madison my date Peggy took me to see the Bone –Daddies (From San Francisco) @ The “Crystal Corner”; and that totally blew my mind away. Was @ that moment that I realized that if I was ever going to categorize myself as a Musician, I want to be a WORLDBEAT ARTISTE. I like Salsa, Merengue, Timba, Rumba, Cha-cha-cha, Changui, Boleros, Mambo, Latin Jazz, Reggae, R&B, Son Montuno. Guarachas, Cumbias, Bachatas, Songo, Standars and beyond. I like good Music. So even though I don’t know how to play every style of Music in the WORLD, I still like to consider myself a WORLDBEAT ARTISTE. With my forte in Afro-Cuban Music. My Musical Roots. Primero “La Clave”.

My First Full-Time as a Musician was with Arawak Jah. Ras juan just offered me a position as the BAND guitarist Right in the mist of a band break-up

Through “KARISON RECORDS “ I distribute the Music that I record with my SOLO/DUO project.with QUE-FLAVOR! And any other project, in which I own part of the Publishing Rights”. It is just WorldBeat Music For The Citizens of the WORLD. For more information on my music please visit.
www.myspace.com/bobbyalemanm.
www.myspace.com/queflavor.
www.que-flavor.com
www.sonicbids.com/quesabor.

You can also read on these webpages about my Music Career if interested. Thanks for being a FRIEND or A FAN. Thanks for the Support. Bobby Aleman. Cojelo Suave and Chevere. Kool Runnin. Guidance, Blessings N Jah Love..

Music, Working out, Movies, The World Almanac, Watching Football, World Peace , The End of The Embargo Against Cuba,

Rumba, Guaguanco, Columbia, Bembe, Merengue, Son-Montuno, Mambo, Cha-cha-cha, Latin Jazz, Standards, Hip-Hip-, R&B, Pop, Top 40, Reggae, Cumbia, Salsa, Bossa Nova, Boleros, DanceHall,
Cool Jazz, Soul Music, Blues, Urban & World Beat Music.

The Lost City, City of GOD, The Godfather Trilogy, Serpico, Brave Heart, The Count of Monte Cristo, Buena Vista Social Club. Habana Blues, Stop Making Sense, To Kill a Mockinbird, Mississippi Burning , Rosewood, Bad Assss, Lord of the Ring, and many more

Mad TV, SNL, Tom & Jerry, NFL, Austin City Limits, Public Television, CNN News, Discovery Channel, National Geographics, e.t.c.

The Bible, The Holy Piby, Malcom X, e.t.c.

The only place where success come before work , is in the dictionary.