Louis "King" Garcia (August 25, 1905 – September
4, 1983) was a Puerto Rican jazz trumpeter who spent most of his career in the
United States.
Garcia played early in his life in the Municipal Band
of San Juan, whose director was Juan Tizol's uncle, Manuel Tizol. He moved to
the U.S. early in the 1920s, where he played with the Original Dixieland Jazz
Band and Emil Coleman. In the 1930s he did work in the studios, including his
most important association, which was with Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. He recorded
with the bandleaders both together and separately. He also played with Vic
Berton (1935), Richard Himber, Nat Brandwyne, Amanda Randolph, and Louis Prima
(1939). In the 1940s he returned to play with Coleman again, and led his own
Latin ensemble that decade. By the 1960s he had moved to California and
essentially retired due to failing health.
Louis Garcia t / Morey Samuel tb / Joe Marsala cl / Herbie Haymer ts / Adrian Rollini p / Carmen Mastren g / Sid Weiss sb / Dan Darcy v.
Recorded in New York on February 28, 1936.
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