After a couple of months of not being very active in terms of concerts, February and March are going to be a couple of intense months in terms of quantity and diversity (and quality, why not?!).

February starts with the…

Good news: CASTELAR, the track #2 of my new album NEW BEGINNINGS was choosen by the prestigious american magazine ALL ABOUT JAZZ as the song of the day.

https://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/track-castelar-by-martin-iaies

It´s also the single of the album, so you can listen…

NEW BEGINNINGS IS FINALLY OUT!

After a long waiting, I am very happy to show my 2nd album NEW BEGINNINGS to everybody!
As said in previous posts, the album is released by the american label Ears and Eyes Records and…

Only 3 weeks to the release of my 2nd album NEW BEGINNINGS!

The album will be available for purchase -both physical and digital- from October 27th through my website  www.martiniaies.com/store for Europe and through bandcamp -both mine and Ears and…

Some weeks ago I posted about the concert we did in the OH-KUG Jazz Fest on May 24th, opening for Jure Pukl´s Quartet.

The first video of that night is out in my Youtube Channel!

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I am very happy to announce that my second album NEW BEGINNINGS will be released on October 27th.

It is an album that we recorded in May 2022 with my trio formed by Miloš Čolović on double bass and Andreas…

Last Thursday, May 25th, the possibility of being part of the 1st jazz festival organized by OH-KUG came up at the last minute.

The program was quite varied (solo sets, duo, trio) and had a luxury closing by Jure Pukl…

Last week I had the pleasure of conducting the KUG Jazz Orchestra again.

I had already done it in 2022 but this time it was an original composition of mine, "In an unknown mood", a piece I wrote inspired by…

Last Tuesday, March 28th, I had the pleasure and happiness of presenting live my new project, the Martin Iaies 10tet.

Like everyone, the pandemic and its restrictions made me change a lot. In the strictly musical aspect, the fact of…

Next Wednesday, December 7 we will be playing at Miles Jazz Bar with my 4tet: Jonathan Herrgesell on alto and soprano saxophones, Miloš Čolović on double bass and Andreas Reisenhofer on drums.

It will be the first concert of the…

In June 2021 I was lucky enough to be invited by Asier Ardaiz to record his debut album.
Asier is a virtuoso Spanish trumpet player whom I met in 2019 during my studies in Graz and whom I am lucky…

Next Friday November 11th we will be playing at Cafe Kaiserfeld with this new international quartet composed by Jesse Vilhomaa (alto sax), Jernej Vindšnurer (double bass), Gloria Handler (drums) and me on guitar.

We will be playing some of my…

Hey!!

I´ve just posted on my Bandcamp site (http://martiniaies.bandcamp.com) the EP of the session we did in March 2019 with my friends and amazing musicians Julian Mekler (doublebass) and Martin Freiberg (drums) a few months before I came to Austria.

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Hi guys!

Today I want to share a transcription I was working on it until a few weeks ago. It's Jesse van Ruller's solo on his own tune "Secret Champ". He recorded this tune in different albums, I did it…

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Hope you´ve enjoyed my music. I will use this section for stay connected with all of you, posting not only news or gigs but also some ideas, concepts or thoughts about music and life.

I encourage…