Alex García

  Chilean-born, Cuban-raised, Emmy® Winner, drummer & composer Alejandro García, studied classical and contemporary Afro-Cuban and jazz percussion at Cuba's Ignacio Cervantes School of Music under the direction of Irakere's drummer Enrique Plá. Capable of incorporating Afro-Cuban and Latin-American rhythms into the Jazz idiom, Alex has also worked in a variety of musical genres from Pop to Rock, Theatre to Jazz. Along with his performances as a leader with his band AfroMantra, Alex has shared the stage with important bands and artists in the New York’s Latin-Jazz Scene. Major performance, recording and composition accomplishments include Cuban trombonist and composer, Juan Pablo Torres also Grammy nominee singer song writer Juan Carlos Formell, Alex Foster (Jaco Pastorius, Steps Ahead), Tony Cimorosi (Baba Olatunji), Frank Colón (Weather Report, Manhattan Transfer, Wayne Shorter), Omar Hakim (Sting, Madonna, Weather Report), Victor Bailey (Madonna, Weather Report), Rachel Z (Steps Ahead), Najee, Oriente Lopez (AfroCuba, Silvio Rodriguez). Steve Kroon (Ron Carter), Chris Washburn & Syotos, Meme Solis, Israel Kantor (Los Van Van), Charles Flores (Michel Camilo, Emiliano Salvador, Issac Delagado), Eddie Martinez (Gato Barbieri), Tony Perez (Klimax, Irakere), Malena Burke, Alfredo De La Fé (Fannia All Stars), Harvie S, among many others.

 

  He also has worked with several theater companies, among them, Pregones Theater and Making Books Sing. Alex has also composed and collaborated on making music for documentaries in Cuba and Chile, particularly for Ballet with Ballet Nacional de Cuba (Pavana para una Infanta Difunta) La Habana 1986 and Ballet del Teatro Municipal de Santiago in Chile (Tiempo de Percusión) Santiago1993. Alex is endorsed by LP Percussion & Vic Firth drum sticks and his band AfroMantra is considered by the critics as one of the most important ensembles in the genre.