Daniel García was born in Salamanca in 1983. As a student at Berklee College of Music in Boston he was taught by Grammy-winning Panamanian jazz pianist Danilo Pérez. Pérez became a mentor for García  and had a decisive influence on his musical development."Music is about truthfulness and self-knowledge, says García. “Only then can you penetrate deeper into things and find your own artistic expression, and Danilo showed me the way." García's success was not long in coming: in 2011 he received the award for the best jazz performance in Berklee. He subsequently played with renowned musicians such as Arturo Sandoval, Greg Osby and Perico Sambeat.

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Western classical music also helped to pave García's way to becoming an artist: before he went to the USA, he studied classical piano at the Castilla y León Conservatory in his native Salamanca, one of the top institutions for advanced music education in Spain: "While jazz is all about the WHAT, classical music focuses on the HOW,” he says "And good technique gives me the freedom to express exactly what I feel". It’s fascinating to hear how García's music sparkles and shimmers with the cadenzas, harmonies and timbres of classical music, but will then unexpectedly take a flamenco turn, dissolve into jazz harmonies or flow into a powerful improvisation. 

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Flamenco, jazz, classical music... and there is yet more to Garcia’s musical substance. He describes himself as an eclectic who has also ventured into rock, electronica, music of the Middle East, Cubanism, and even medieval music and Gregorian chant. "So much has influenced Spanish culture – and also left its mark on me. 

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After many years playing together and searching for the same things, musical interaction between Daniel and his fellows Reinier El Negrón on bass and Michael Olivera on drums is extremely organic, deep and almost telepathic: "When we play together we are in a deep listening state all the time. We are constantly exchanging information and reacting to it, like if we are making a real time musical sculpture. It is a very intense experience in which the audience takes a fundamental rol, since what happens on stage is only half of the equation. We receive a lot of energy and information from the audience that we transform into music for them, in this amazing feed back circle that makes each concert a one of a kind experience"

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Nothing sounds randomly put together in Daniel´s music. García  often takes as the starting point for his explorations underlying harmonic-rhythmic structures and melodic phrases which derive from flamenco or old folkloric songs from his homeland, Salamanca. "My goal is to bring original Spanish music into a new context through improvisation and to make all stylistic dividing lines invisible," he says. And like Daniel´s previous album title Travesuras, Daniel´s music is to be understood in that sense. “Travesuras” means pranks, or mischief, and describes the kind of innocent, naïve, unconstrained behaviour that is often observed in children as they discover the world. “It is a lovely metaphor for what I'm trying to do: to look at the music from a naïve angle. Free yourself from expectations, let yourself drift, and just watch out whether or not something new and interesting emerges."