Jazzbird Nights: Joe Garcia & Friends

Joe began playing drums and percussion at the age of 13 in the heavily Latin influenced city of Miami. With a professional career spanning over 30 years, Joe has performed many different styles of music from jazz and Latin jazz to Brazilian to country to rock, and records on numerous projects, both live and in-studio. Joe was inspired by iconic musicians Mongo Santamaria, Giovanni Hidalgo, Luis Conte, Roy Haynes and Joe Morello, to name a few.

Joe has performed with and/or opened for Tambores, Dom Moio, B.B. King, Luis Conte, The Beach Boys, The Righteous Brothers, Cinco de Moio, Gladys Knight, Frankie Valli, FogHat, Bachman Turner Overdrive (B.T.O.), Mindi Abair, Sergio Mendes, The Everly Brothers, The Fifth Dimension, The Buckinghams and more. This collective group of well-known Phoenix musicians is all set to bring a Latin flair and excitement to jazz standards during this performance!