El ProdigioKrency 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 origination of fusion in merengue tipico with genres like jazz, and his rivalry 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.BiographyAs a child he played as long has he could remember, fir...
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