José Santibañez - Artist Page

Born in Santiago (Chile), José is a passionate musician that dives into the sounds of Latin music, jazz and urban genres (such as hip-hop, electronic, funk, rock, among others).

Whilst living in Chile he studied technique and jazz improvisation with the bass virtuoso Christian Gálvez and performed as a permanent member of the Metropolitan Salsa Orchestra directed by the pianist and composer Antoine Alvear.

In 2015, he migrated to the United Kingdom and after spending a year in Glasgow, he moved to Bilbao (Spain) and took lessons with the American jazz educator and pianist Joshua Edelman.

Finally, in 2017 he moved to Amsterdam (The Netherlands) to study the Master in Jazz programme at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, place in which he would perfectionate his craft and compositional skills towards modern jazz music, process that culminated with the release of his first EP "Trueque" (March 2021).

Either as a side man or as a leader with his own band, he performs in a wide range of styles and bands (jazz, pop, Latin and urban music).