Antonio Miguel, bassist and composer, began playing electric bass at the age of 16 when his father taught him his first music lessons in Zaragoza, his home town in the north of Spain. Three years later he started studying the acoustic bass, attending the Professional Conservatory of Music in his town, where he studied classical music. Meanwhile, his musical interests were focusing on jazz music as well by listening to Jaco Pastorius, Chick Corea and Duke Ellington recordings among others.
In 1999, helped by a scholaship from his home town city council, he moved to Madrid to continue his classical and jazz studies. He attended Amaniel Professional Conservatory and Escuela de Musica Creativa, where he finished his diploma in jazz music four years later, studying harmony, arranging, composition and piano among others. He was awarded four scholarships.
In the summer of 2004 he was awarded the Tete Montoliu Scholarship given by the AIE (performers
and musicians association in Madrid) and the Joel Scholarship given by The City College of New York, which allowed him to move to the "big apple". He had the oppoturnity to play in master classes and jam sessions with Dave Liebman, Fred Hersch or John Abercrombie. He also attended master classes by Chick Corea, Christian McBride, Fred Hersch, Richard Bona, Allan Holdsworth, and studied with John Patitucci and Sean Smith.
Along his career, Antonio has played with musicians like Benny Golson, Paquito D’Rivera, Chuck Loeb, Jerry González, Steve Nelson, Jorge Rossy, Claudio Roditi, Ben Sidran, Antonio Sánchez, Greg Tardy, Jeremy Pelt, Rosario Giuliani, Rick Margitza, Kirk MacDonald, Jorge Pardo, Perico Sambeat, Albert Sanz, Pepe Rivero, Iván “Melón” Lewis, Caramelo, Bobby Martínez, Bob Sands, Ximo Tébar and Pedro Iturralde in the jazz scene. He has also worked with flamenco musicians like Gerardo Núñez, Carmen Cortés, José Luis Montón, Josemi Carmona, Agustín Carbonell “El Bola”, Diego Guerrero, Rocio Marquez and El Negri, and artists like Buika, Andrés Calamaro, Nicole Henry, Paloma Berganza, Carmen Paris, Nach, Miguel Rios and Ara Malikian.
His recent works include studio and live recordings for Benedikt Jahnel Trio, Moisés P. Sánchez Project, as well as TV productions, movie soundtracks and commercials.