In 1929, he joined Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, and can be seen and heard in the movie The King of Jazz.
His backup group - The Georgia Crackers - included noted jazz musicians Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, and Eddie Lang.
Fritz Lang | Eddie Murphy | Eddie Cantor | Eddie Van Halen | Eddie Izzard | Eddie Rickenbacker | Eddie Money | Andrew Lang | Eddie | Eddie Gomez | Eddie Albert | Lang Lang | Eddie Cochran | Lang Lang (pianist) | Eddie Rabbitt | Eddie Henderson | Eddie Garcia | Eddie Harris | Eddie Campbell | Eddie Bauer | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Jack Lang | Eddie Rambeau | Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis | Eddie Kendricks | David Lang | Lana Lang | Eddie the Head | Eddie's Attic | Eddie Murray |
From 1927 to 1934 he was A&R Director for Columbia Records, where his many productions included scores of exceptionally well performed pop songs of the day with hot jazz solos by musicians like Manny Klein, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, and Bunny Berigan, among others.
Connee's reworkings of the melodies and rhythms of popular songs, together with Glenn Miller's arrangements, and New York jazz musicians (including The Dorsey Brothers, Benny Goodman, Bunny Berigan, Fulton McGrath, Joe Venuti, Arthur Schutt, Eddie Lang, Joe Tarto, Manny Klein, Dick McDonough, and Carl Kress), made these recordings unlike any others.
In the 1930s, having discovered American jazz via Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti, Alemán moved to Paris where he was hired by Josephine Baker to lead her band, the Baker Boys at the Cafe de Paris.