Ricardo Tejero

Ricardo Tejero is a Spanish saxophonist, clarinetist, improviser, composer and conductor born in Madrid. His music spans free improvisation, contemporary jazz and ensemble direction, and he has also worked with Latin American and African musical traditions.

After participating in Madrid's experimental music scene in the late 1990s, he moved to the United Kingdom in 2001, studied jazz and contemporary music in Leeds and completed a master's degree at Brunel University in 2007. He has worked with musicians including Steve Noble, John Edwards, Mark Sanders, Alexander Hawkins and Dominic Lash. On Creative Sources he appears on Hesitancy (CS266) and Episodes (CS481).