Nelson Garcia
Nelson Garcia
Nelson Garcia is a saxophonist & recording artist. Genres include gospel jazz, smooth jazz, R&B POP and Funk music. From weddings, to concerts and major events. Our band strives to provide high quality music and create a great atmosphere for all of our events. We play major venues across the USA and have vast musical experience. We count on some of the best musicians in CT. Major venues include the Levas gospel fest, something jazz club NY and much more. Nelson works under Victorious records LLC, which is a record label New York City. He has been playing saxophone since the age of 15. Growing up in Moca, Puerto Rico where he took saxophone lessons with Julio Vasquez. While in P.R., he participated in various events with his local high school band winning two nominations in the Band of Honor orchestra with the San German Puerto Rico for “Outstanding musicianship”. This event took place in the Inter American University in San German P.R.
In 2009, Nelson released his first solo CD album titled “El Poder de tu Amor” which gained a recognition in the US and sold over 4,000 copies in 2 years.
He has participated in events in New York “Something Jazz Club”, Hartford Jazz festival 2017 line up and many others.
Nelson released his second CD titled “Time to Worship”. This 9 song album is a mix and blend of Latin jazz, POP, Funk, Easy listening and other Latin genres. He continues to hone his skills via private saxophone lessons with Walter Beasley, Keyan Williams, DR.Chris Mickel, Antonio Luis Ortas ( Puerto Rico), Juan Alzate ( Mexico) and Jon Blanck