Double bassist and composer from Madrid. During the past years, he has also resided in Buenos Aires, Rome, Madrid and New York, where he has been dedicated to an intensive agenda of professional dissemination and the enrichment of his musical sensibilities in contemporary creation, jazz, flamenco, and creative music in addition to other disciplines.

Javier has studied in institutions such as New York University in New York (Master in Jazz Performance) and the Royal Conservatory of the Hague in Holland (Advanced Degree in Jazz) and received scholarships from Tete Montoliu (Spain), National Endowment for the Arts (USA), Fundacion Cajamadrid (Spain), the Banff Centre of Creative Arts (Canada) and Real Academia de España in Roma (Italy, AECID).

His professional career has been dedicated to various musical scenes within contemporary jazz, flamenco, and other musical genres, and he has collaborated with diverse artists such as Gerald Cleaver, Tim Berne, Dino Saluzzi, Tony Malaby, Jeremy Pelt, Mat Maneri, George Garzone, Craig Taborn, Greg Tardy, Badal Roy, Carmen Linares, Agustín Carbonell "El Bola”, Javier Ruibal, Arcángel, Rycardo Moreno, and David Dorantes.

He has played on numerous international stages including: Sunset Sunside in Paris, Smalls in NYC, Iridium (NYC) Carlos V Palace in Granada (Spain), Utrech Auditorium (Holland), Auditorio Nacional in Madrid and ¨The Stone¨ in New York and performed in jazz festivals such as Donostijazz (Spain), the Spoletto Jazz Festival (USA), Buenos Aires Jazz Festival (Argentina), Monterrey Jazz Festival (Mexico) Madrid Jazz Festival (Spain), New York Flamenco Festival (NYC), Mar del plata (Argentina), the Toulouse Jazz Sur Son (France), and Imago Festival (Slovenia).

He has six records as a leader (four with the Fresh Sound New Talent label). His last work: “Quinteto Capital” (2023)

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