Eduardo Garcia Conde was born in Mott Haven in 1975, and goes by the name of Ed. He has two words of his last name as part of the Puerto Rican tradition — both his parents moved to the South Bronx from Puerto Rico before their 20s. Ed grew up as a…
Alma Micic Quartet with Rale Micic (guitar), Corcoran Holt (bass), Tom Beckham (vibes) at the Bronx Rising! Maxine Sullivan Women In Jazz Series: Balkan-Influenced Jazz at the Bronx Music Heritage Center
Photo of Helen Merrill, Valerie Capers, and Bobby Sanabria at the Bronx Rising! Maxine Sullivan Women In Jazz Series: Balkan-Influenced Jazz at the Bronx Music Heritage Center
Ed Garcia Conde stood at the intersection of 149 Street, Third Avenue, and Melrose Avenue, a couple blocks from where he lives. Garcia Conde said Melrose was a village when it was first founded, and he still calls it such — most people who live in…