Fernando Garcia Quartet / Puerto Rican Jazz

Fernando Garcia Quartet / Puerto Rican Jazz Presented by Terraza 7

Date: Sunday, September 29th, 2024.

Time: 7:00 pm

Admission: $20 Cover charge Mezzanine.

Featuring:

• Juan Diego Villalobos / Vibraphone
• Alex Dyring / Bass
• Victor Pablo / Barril
• Fernando Garcia / Drums & compositions

About Fernando Garcia:

Born in San Juan and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, García studied guitar at the extension program of the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico and drumset at Micheo Music Academy (Santurce), while later receiving a bachelor’s degree in Música Popular from the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico (Graduating in May 2011). Furthermore, he was awarded the Juan Luis Guerra Scholarship to complete a master’s degree in Contemporary Performance at Berklee College of Music, Valencia, Spain (Graduating in July 2013). In May 2018, García completed a second master’s degree in Music Education at the prestigious Teachers College Columbia University.

In New York City, he has established himself as a drummer, percussionist, composer, and educator. Throughout his career, he has worked equally as a band leader as well as a sideman. Some of the musicians García has toured and/or recorded with include Abraham Laboriel, Perico Sambeat, Ricardo Pons, Héctor Matos, Pepe Rivero, Alain Pérez, Guillermo Klein, Julio Montalvo, Victor Mendoza, John Benitez, Ximo Tébar, Nathaniel Townsley, Jim Ridl, Boris Koslov, and Miguel Zenón among others. As a bandleader, García has produced three studio recordings: Desde Arriba (Fernando García Music, 2012), Subidor (Montalvo Records, 2013), and Guásabara Puerto Rico (ZOHO Music, 2018).

In 2021 Fernando was awarded the prestigious New Jazz Works grant by Chamber America, that enable him to compose and record the record “Behique,” released with Sunnyside Records in February 2023.