Havana Maestros - AMERiCUBA (2017)

It’s a universal language that everyone understands on the most natural and primal level, responding to rhythm and melody with movement and singing. Havana Maestros’ 2017 album Americuba sees three generations of celebrated Cuban musicians reimagine recognizable American smashes from the likes of Missy Elliott, Otis Redding, Janelle Monáe, Jason Derulo, Chic, B.o.B & Hayley Williams, Ben E. King, and many more with a fire, finesse, and flare reflective of the newfound friendship between the United States and Cuba. The project is arranged by 20-time Cubadisco winner and the “Maestro of Cuba” Emilio Vega and Harold López-Nussa and features timbale impresario Amadito Valdés and laud legend Barbarito Torres of The Buena Vista Social Club™, piano virtuoso Emilio Morales Ruíz, and trumpeter Roberto García.