ARTISTS

Yissy Garcia & Bandancha

A flight to Cuba for Laborie Jazz. He had never taken the time to listen, to identify, to feel the young Cuban scene and in particular the creation and the current writing which circulate on the island. Yissy García, both percussionist and composer, is one of the most respected artists among the new generation of Cuban musicians, particularly gifted.

Considered the most important female percussionist on the island and one of its most dynamic and innovative performers, she demonstrates the art of combining traps and percussion, drawing inspiration from both Cuban folk and popular music. and contemporary jazz and funk styles.

Yissy García has performed in many places - both nationally and internationally (United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, France, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador) - and with famous artists, like Dave Matthews, Esperanza Spalding, Josua Bell, Omara Portuondo and Carlos Varela.

She has been described by Tom Tom magazine (a quarterly magazine on women percussionists located in New York) as Cuba's answer to Terri Lyne Carrington, and by Jazz Times as "a rising star".

Yissy García directs "his" Bandancha, an extremely innovative quintet that combines Latin Jazz, funk, hip hop and the various styles of Cuban music.