Jorge "Georgie" Vázquez

Jorge “Georgie” Vázquez was born in “The Bronx, Puerto Rico.” Captured at an early age by music, he has played everything from heavy metal to reggae, bomba, plena, rumba, jíbaro music, salsa, and R&B. Vázquez plays the congas, drum-set, timbales, barriles, bongó, and a variety of other Afro-Caribbean drums. A founding member of the urban jíbaro group Yerbabuena, as well as a member of Ya Está, Vaya, Alma Moyó, and the children’s musical group Hot Peas ’N Butter, he has performed with groups in the city including Viento de Agua Unplugged, Taíno, Sonido Isleño, and Los Instantáneos de la Plena (of El Rincón Criollo). He has also performed with Pepe Castillo, Choco Orta, and jazz trombonist William Cepeda, and alongside legends Tito Puente, king of the cuatro Yomo Toro, and folk singer-songwriter Antonio Cabán Vale “El Topo.” He has recorded with Arturo O’Farrill and Mike Stern, and with Yomo Toro.