Music like Gabriel Garzón-Montano

Gabriel Lorenzo Garzón-Montano (born June 27, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. After earning a spotlight by opening for Lenny Kravitz's European tour in 2014 and being sampled in the Drake song "Jungle" in 2015, part of a Grammy nominated and double platinum album, Garzón-Montano released his debut album, Jardín in 2017 through Stones Throw Records. Garzón-Montano has performed at major U.S. and international venues. His music style blends R&B, soul, funk, and as of 2020, urban-reggaeton.

Garzón-Montano was born and raised in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn to immigrant parents, a French mother and a Colombian father. His mother was a member of the Philip Glass ensemble as a mezzo-soprano who played guitar, cello, and piano in the 1990s. Garzón-Montano stated he spent time during his childhood travelling alongside his mother touring Europe. An experienced musician, his mother is noted to have worked with Meredith Monk and Theo Bleckmann. He went to rehearsals as a freelance mezzo soprano and performed in the choir at the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center throughout his childhood. After his parents divorced at the age of five, Garzón-Montano would be flipped between homes, living at several addresses in New York City as well as back-and-forth trips to Colombia to see his father. At the age of 12, he learned the drums, and continued with the guitar, piano, and bass. Garzón-Montano performed in a 12-piece funk band called Mokaad during his college years where he learned to arrange funk music. He is a graduate of SUNY Purchase.