Fernando García - Drums
Sebastian Laverde, Percussion
Will Barry, Percussion
David Ríos - Guitar
Alex Dyring - Bass
Issac Delgado, Jr. - Piano
Spyros Rassias - Piano
Ricky Luchesse - Trombone
Julio Montalvo - Trombone
Roque Martínez - Alto Sax




Un Ratito a Pie y Otro Andando

Fernando García - Drums
Amarilys Ríos - Vocals
Lara Serrano - Vocals
Rafa Maya - Barril
Sebastian Laverde - Percussion
Will Barry - Percussion
David Ríos - Guitar
Alex Dyring - Bass
Spyros Rassias - Piano
Ricky Luchesse - Trombone
Julio Montalvo - Trombone
Roque Martínez - Alto Sax

Cuembé Na' Ma'

Fernando García - Barril
Rafa Maya - Barril
Rainer López - Congas
Mariano Steimberg - Pandeiro
Sebastian Laverde - Bombo Costeño

De Tres En Tres

Fernando García - Drums
Lara Serrano - Vocals
Erin Marisol Corine Johnson - Vocals
Luis Camacho - Vocals
Sebastian Laverde - Percussion
Will Barry - Percussion
David Ríos - Guitar
Alex Dyring - Bass
Spyros Rassias - Piano
Ricky Luchesse - Trombone

Esta Onda

Patti Ramón - Vocals
Fernando García - Drums
Alex Dyring - Bass
Issac Delgado Jr. - Piano
Roque Martínez - Alto Sax

Aquellos Ojos Verdes

Fernando García - Drums
Patti Ramón - Vocals
Luis Camacho - Vocals
Lara Serrano - Vocals
Sebastian Laverde - Percussion
Will Barry - Percussion
David Ríos - Guitar
Alex Dyring - Bass
Issac Delgado, Jr. - Piano
Ricky Luchesse - Trombone
Julio Montalvo - Trombone
Roque Martínez - Alto Sax

Lauré Ñan Gato

Fernando García - Drums
Sebastian Laverde - Percussion
Will Barry - Percussion
David Ríos - Guitar
Alex Dyring - Bass
Spyros Rassias - Piano
Ricky Luchesse - Trombone

Temporal

Asso Mbaye - Ballafon
Fernando García - Percussion

Balankan Mouni

Fernando García - Drums
Rafael Maya - Barril
David Ríos - Guitar
Ximo Tebar - Guitar
Alex Dyring - Bass
Issac Delgado, Jr. - Piano




Jíbaro Valenciano

Fernando García - Drums
Alba Ghares - Vocals
Luis Camacho - Vocals
Erin Marisol Corine Johnson - Vocals
Sebastian Laverde - Percussion
Will Barry - Percussion
David Ríos - Guitar
Alex Dyring - Bass
Spyros Rassias - Piano
Ricky Luchesse - Trombone
Julio Montalvo - Trombone
Roque Martínez - Alto Sax

Dulcito De Ajonjolí

Fernando García - Drums
Luis Rodríguez - Bass
Jorge Rivera - Keys
Javier Pérez - Guitar
Francisco Reyes - Alto Sax


Determination

Original Composition.
Dan Martínez: bass. Jan Kus: tenor sax. Gabriel Vicéns: guitar. Victor Pablo: barril. Gabriel Chakarji: piano. Fernando García: drums.

“Puerto Rican drummer Fernando García is part of a young vanguard of musicians who are celebrating the island’s folk traditions by studying it faithfully, reproducing it, then combining it with jazz in a sound that sounds familiar yet so-very-new.” -Felix Contreras, Alt.Latino – NPR

Born in San Juan and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, García studied a bachelor’s degree in Música Popular from the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico. 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. García also earned a Master’s in Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University (2018).

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, Alain Pérez, Guillermo Klein, 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).

Unión

Unión

Fernando García is a drummer, percussionist, and composer well versed in
a wide variety of musical styles. Born in San Juan and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto
Rico, García started in music at a young age, and by 16 he was already playing
gigs in Puerto Rico’s reggae scene. He also performed, as a student, at the Tito
Puente Amphitheater on various occasions for the Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest.
These early experiences inspired him to study music further at the Inter American
University of Puerto Rico. During his time there, he had the opportunity to take
lessons with Héctor Matos, who would go on to become a life long mentor and
friend.
Fernando was awarded the Juan Luis Guerra scholarship to study at
Berklee College of Music’s graduate campus in Valencia, Spain. Berklee Valencia
gave Fernando the opportunity to study with great artists such as Victor Mendoza,
Mariano Steimberg and Alain Pérez, and Yoel Páez, among others. This proved to
be a time of great focus and personal development in performance and
composition.
He then moved to New York City where he established himself as a
drummer, percussionist, composer and educator. Along his career, he has had the
opportunity to play as a sideman with many great artists such as Abraham Laboriel,
Perico Sambeat, Ricardo Pons, Pepe Rivero, Alain Pérez, Guillermo Klein, Julio
Montalvo, John Benitez, and Ximo Tébar, among others. As a bandleader he has
two albums out: Desde Arriba (Fernando García Music 2012) and Subidor
(Fernando García Music 2013) in where he mostly explores the folkloric and very
rhythmic bomba music of his native Puerto Rico and succeeds in fusing it with the
harmonic and improvisational aspects of jazz.

Fernando García Music

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