Yissy García & Bandancha [Havana Cultura]

The archetype of an Afro-Cuban jazz drummer would probably be Chano Pozo, the pioneering "conguero" whose influence on jazz was heard around the world. He wrote "Manteca" while he was with Dizzy Gillespie's band. He had forearms the size of tree trunks. He died in 1948.
Somewhere near the opposite end of this spectrum, in the small Havana flat she shares with her parents, siblings and grandmother, Yissy sits down behind a modern drum kit. That's right: she's not playing congas today. She's not yet thirty years old, has the sinewy good looks of a supermodel, and plays as if she were already the legend she seems on her way to becoming.
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Havana Cultura is an initiative by Cuban rum make Havana Club International S.A.

[@DanielMartinez-em3ld]

Los retos ,eso es lo distinto , y mucho saborrr

[@ivansali6109]

"Una fusion de Jazz con la electronica" De verdad que eso si suena interesante!

[@jdcoxalaska]

Check out this girl, Yissy Garcia. She was our drummer in Angola the first year I was over there. Hands down, they best drummer I have played with.