Cuban beats

Yissy García

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Yissy Garcia. Photo: Eric Morales.

Cuban beats

Rhythm pulsates through our veins like blood. And for Yissy García, music is not only her creative pursuit, but also part of her bloodline.

Based in Havana as a jazz drummer and leader of the quintet Bandancha, she crafts the future of the genre by reaching back to Cuba’s yoruba ancestry and Congolese rumba as well as mixing in some American influences.

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