BALDO MARTINEZ
Genres: World Fusion, 21st Century Modern • Spain

The Galician double-bass player Baldo Martínez is one of the most representative musicians within Spanish contemporary jazz and one of those with greater recognition outside of Spain. Among his most recent projects deserves special attention the Projecto Miño, one of the most daring directed by Baldo Martinez. A recently published album of this project has been considered by the French magazine JAZZ MAGAZINE "as the top 10 album of the month of January 2008,"also it was nominated for best jazz album in Music Award, and was Best album of 2008 in the magazine CUADERNOS DE JAZZ. Founding member of bands like Clunia or Zyklus, groups directed to explore new paths, in 1994 he created his own group, without neglecting his collaborations with musicians like Kenny Wheeler, Carlo Actis Dato, Maria Joao, Jorge Pardo Paolo Fresu and Joachim Kuhn. The latter presented in the Festival de Jazz de San Sebastián 2006 read more...