Jānis Rubiks - Live in Salaspils (2019)

Contrastist and bass player who is active in jazz, improvised and contemporary rhythmic music in Latvia. He is currently a bassist in the Latvian Radio Bigbands principal, but he is also writing his own music, which is implemented with projects and musicians such as Equanimity Trio, Edgars Cirulis, Rudolf Dankfeld, Kristaps Vanadzins, Artjoms Sarvi and others. His music features elements such as European jazz sound, Nordic resilience, energetic compulsion and free improvisation.

Jānis has graduated from the Riga Dome Choir School and is currently taking his last semester at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music jazz department. His teachers were bassists like Lynn Seaton (USA) and Taavo Remmel (Estonia). In 2010, John represented Latvia at the International Jazz School Conference in The Hague (IASJ), where he studied with musicians Reggie Workman, Davie Liebman (USA). In parallel, he has also participated in several albums with such musicians as Raimonds Pauls, Evilen Protector, Latvian Radio Big Band, etc.