Musician. Bass player. Teacher. Author
Mª José Estivariz da Silva
Graduated in Electric Bass from the Musician's Institute and Goldsmith's College in London and Los Angeles, she has played in numerous jazz, Latin, Brazilian music, pop, rock and fusion groups. Philologist, computer programmer, author of bilingual stories for children and musician, with more than three decades dedicated to education. Bass teacher at Music Works in London, at the Pop-rock and New Music Seminar in Vitoria and at the Musicians Institute of Hollywood in Los Angeles. She worked as interpreter for Pat Metheny and Ben Wolf, bass player of the Julliard at the Vitoria Jazz Festival seminars and has collaborated on recordings for different artists.
In 2020 she debuted with her first bass solo album, a tribute to the singer Jonatha Brooke.
She currently participates as a bassist in different bands, activities that she combines with teaching in bilingual schools an writing bilingual stories for children.
