Martín Leiton

With each and every note of his double bass, Martín Leiton reveals stories of jazz and Latin American folk music. After several years of touring since the creation of the quartet that he leads, Leiton continues to consolidate his project. The Martín Leiton Quartet comes up from the Barcelona jazz scene. The quartet includes Martín Leiton (double bass), Santi de la Rubia (sax), Toni Saigi (piano) and Andreu Pitarch (drums). Leiton is a multi-instrumentalist and singer and has been trained in different styles: from Latin American folk to jazz to American Black music to flamenco. He has released four albums as the quartet leader and he is about release his new album: Caravana. His fruitful professional career has allowed him to play with Jeff Ballard, Dave Kikoski, Kenny Werner, Perico Sambeat, Albert Bover, Jorge Pardo or Chano Domínguez and has toured with Jorge Drexler, Niña Pastori, Juan Perro, Mala Rodríguez and Lucia Fumero, among others.