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Article: Alex Garcia.(PERCUSIÓN)
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- Latin Beat Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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Originally from Chile, drummer/bandleader/percussionist Alex GarcÃa moved, at a very young age, to Perú with his family. By the age of 13, his family relocated to Havana, Cuba. At the age of 17 he decided to study music. His first music teacher was his father, Fernando GarcÃa, a classical contemporary composer. GarcÃa was enrolled at Havana's Ignacio Cervantes School of Music, studying drum-set with the legendary Enrique Plá (of Irakere fame). By 1989, the family returned to Santiago, Chile, where GarcÃa started playing and recording with local jazz, rock, salsa and Latin rock bands, participating in several national and international jazz festivals, as well as ...