Victor Garcia (born on January 6, 1983 in Chicago, IL) was introduced to music via the piano at age 4. At age 8, Victor began learning the guitar and singing with his father and brother in a Latin American styled Trio, a setting in which he gained a deep sense of harmony. Victor began teaching himself to play the trumpet in high school, being influenced by recordings of jazz musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Brown, Charlie Parker, and Freddie Hubbard, and by the middle of his senior year enrolled in the Merit School of Music, studying under Michael McLaughlin. He also gained some performance experience having participated in the Horner Park Jazz Band, comprised almost entirely of senior citizens and in the Gallery 37 Latin Big Band, funded by the City of Chicago.