Jazz Articles about Martin Iaies

About Martin Iaies

Album Review

Martin Iaies, featuring Klaus Gesing: People, Places

Read "People, Places" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 27, 2026

As though being a spendid jazz guitarist, composer and arranger were not enough, Argentina-born, Austria-based bass guitarist Martin Iaies was savvy enough to invite renowned woodwind artist Klaus Gesing to sit in on three numbers on Iaies' 2026 recording, People, Places. Iaies ushers an 11-member ensemble--not quite a big band, but fairly close--through its paces on eight of his engaging and lyrical compositions, neatly tailored to suit a group of that size and makeup. Gesing plays alto sax ...

Album Review

Martin Iaies featuring Julian Arguelles: New Beginnings

Read "New Beginnings" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
January 6, 2024

Born in Argentina but resident in Graz, Austria since 2019, Martin Iaies' aptly titled New Beginnings is the guitarist's second album, following Rewind & FF (El Club del Disco, 2018). And it is a zinger. In Graz, Iaies completed formal guitar studies in 2022, and recorded New Beginnings the same year. He leads a quartet of Austrian-based musicians: Serbian bassist Miloš Čolović, drummer Andreas Reisenhofer and British saxophonist Julian Argüelles, the eldest player in the lineup, who ...

Radio & Podcasts

New Releases From Martin Iaies, Claudio Scolari Project, Ahmad Jamal, Cal Tjader, And More

by Bob Osborne
December 21, 2023

On this show we present new releases from Martin Iaies, Claudio Scolari Project, Ahmad Jamal, Cal Tjader, Chet Baker, Wes Montgomery, Darren Pickering, Loren Stillman, Anenon, Benjamín Vergara & Amanda Irarrázabal, Nikki Iles, and Elton Dean. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Martin Iaies feat. Julian Argüelles “Pascanas # 1" from New Beginnings (ears&eyes) 00:55 Claudio Scolari Project “Light Through The Mirror" from Light Through The Mirror (Self Released) 09:18 Ahmad Jamal “Mr Lucky" from Emerald City Nights: Live ...