Javier García (Buenos Aires, 1969). He began to play the guitar in a self-taught way at age 13. Then, he conducted formal studies in various areas with the following teachers: Ricardo Pellican (1986/87): jazz guitar Sergio Liszeswski (1987/88): guitar & harmony Walter Malosetti Superior Jazz School (1989/90): jazz guitar Francisco Rivero (1990/99): harmony, improvisation & composition. He attended different workshops, including especially "Music & Technology Course" taught by Pedro Aznar, which was an important trigger and motivation for the use of different technology elements applied to musical creativity both live and in the recording studio . Javier García is a Guitar, Harmony and Improvisation instructor. Recently he has just published the book "Pentatonic Creative Ideas". He is currently preparing two next edition teaching books. Leader of numerous projects as a composer and also a participant in different creative music formations, he has played and / or recorded with the many of the most prestigious musicians of the Argentine music scene. He has a regular record activity as a soloist and with other projects. Since 2010 integrates and co-leads the electric jazz group Caseros Hollywood, a project that has already published three official albums and is regularly presented live. At the end of 2015 he published “Sudeste”, his third solo album with some of the most outstanding musicians of the Argentine scene, work very well received by the public and specialized press. Since the beginning of 2017 he is co-founder and member of the Sol y Los Terrestres project of a new Argentine song with which they have been regularly presenting different stages of Buenos Aires and interior of the province; and in parallel he participates as a guest guitarist in the neo soul group Funktom, and also with different occasional formations with prestigious colleagues. In November 2018, he released the independent ep album "En Acústico" recorded live in a duo studio with guitarist Cesar Silva. Currently, among other 2019 projects, he is recording the first work of Sol y Los Terrestres; also in the process of pre-production of a new solo work and launching the new Stomp project! with bassist Guido Martinez and drummer Mana Ginart, a new electric trio that addresses the R&B universe and its derivatives.
Awards
New Album: "Sudeste" (new argentinian music, urban songs, world music)
"The album "Mate Voodoo" surprises with its freshness and formal freedom.
Both Garcia and his musicians (to which should be added, as a distinguished
guest, 'tango master' Nestor Marconi) have the technical elements to do so,
along with a required "no rigidity' to let the music in its many generic
dialogues simply flow "(Journal Pagina / 12)
' Full unedited Themes exquisite performances, they acquire the
just flight, reflecting the exciting creativity of the group. '' (Zona de Jazz /
Valencia / Spain)
' Javier Garcia, guitarist and composer, displays an imaginative work
rioplatense jazz
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"The album "Mate Voodoo" surprises with its freshness and formal freedom.
Both Garcia and his musicians (to which should be added, as a distinguished
guest, 'tango master' Nestor Marconi) have the technical elements to do so,
along with a required "no rigidity' to let the music in its many generic
dialogues simply flow "(Journal Pagina / 12)
' Full unedited Themes exquisite performances, they acquire the
just flight, reflecting the exciting creativity of the group. '' (Zona de Jazz /
Valencia / Spain)
' Javier Garcia, guitarist and composer, displays an imaginative work
rioplatense jazz. Good group work, great solos of Javier and remarkable
saxophonist Victor Skorupski '' (Rolling Stone)
''Andén Sur captivates with its multiform colors and fusion of acoustic sounds
with synthesizers. '' (Jazz Dimensions Magazine)
'Good compositions, effective arrangements and a southern sound very
welcoming. '' (Musico Pro / USA)
''Andén Sur album, a beautiful jazzy cruise imprint and spirit of this side of
the world.'' (Diario Clarin)
' Malambo, milonga and candombe from the perspective of contemporary
jazz '' (Clarín, Entertainment)
"Good compositions and arrangements with a marked tendency to Latin
American music fused with jazz". (El Guitarrista Net)
''Andén Sur suggests a number of climates and environments where individual
skills of each musician is at the service of a lucid and subtle sonic universe ''
(Diario Popular - Argentina)
"With sounds that can have references ranging from Spinetta-Jade to Steely
Dan, ... Caseros Hollywood is a big surprise and an album that will please
those who are in search of a good example of what the term means and jazz
fusion power in our country." (Diario Tiempo Argentino)
"Mate Voodoo, an album of fusion, as before, such as Yellowjackets.Aquí there
are nods to regional rhythms (especially candombe) and instrumentalists
high-flying .." (Rec or Play)
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Primary Instrument
Guitar, electric
Location
Buenos Aires
Willing to teach
Advanced only
Credentials/Background
Harmony, Improvisation, Technique Creative.
Distance Learning (skype)
Guitarra Latinoamerica in https://www.facebook.com/Guitarralatinoamerica
Recently Javier has just published the book in digital format "Creative Ideas
Pentatonics"
Recientemente, Javier acaba de editar el libro en formato digital "Ideas Creativas
con Pentatonicas"
Clinic/Workshop Information
Introduction to the Creative Guitar.
Online workshop for Guitarists: 1 single class, intensive and conceptual, to add new approaches
and melodic and harmonic visions
Read more
Primary Instrument
Guitar, electric
Location
Buenos Aires
Willing to teach
Advanced only
Credentials/Background
Harmony, Improvisation, Technique Creative.
Distance Learning (skype)
Guitarra Latinoamerica in https://www.facebook.com/Guitarralatinoamerica
Recently Javier has just published the book in digital format "Creative Ideas
Pentatonics"
Recientemente, Javier acaba de editar el libro en formato digital "Ideas Creativas
con Pentatonicas"
Clinic/Workshop Information
Introduction to the Creative Guitar.
Online workshop for Guitarists: 1 single class, intensive and conceptual, to add new approaches
and melodic and harmonic visions. Optimization of resources in the instrument
Show less
band / ensemble / orchestra