El Prodigio
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Krency Garcia, better known as El Prodigio, is a famous merengue tipico accordionist from the Dominican Republic. He is known throughout the genre for his rapid instrumental solos, his fusion of merengue with genres like jazz, and his rivarly with fellow accordionists, Geovanny Polanco and Kerube (head of the tipico band Kerubanda). While the latter two are slightly more traditional, El Prodigio is more experimental, and has included instruments such as trombone, trumpet, and wurlitzer piano in his lineup, along with the standard accordion, tambora, guira, conga, electric bass, and saxophones of today's merengue tipico.
[edit] Biography
As a child he played as long has he could remember, first appearing in public at age 5, then playing on various children's TV shows that aired in the Dominican Republic. He later studied jazz in the United States, which he would use in his improvisation techniques and albums.
