Gorka Benítez, is one of Spain's most personal and expressive voices in Jazz, he has been a leader in the Jazz scene in Spain for the last 20 years. Born in Bilbao in 1966, began his musical career through folklore. After a period of training in Spain, in the mid-1990s he graduated from the Jazz Studies Program at an art school in New York, where he formed his first trio, performing his own compositions. He eventually moved to Barcelona, ​​where he still resides.

His albums cover a wide range of genres. He debuted as a leader in 1998 with a self-titled album, "Gorka Benítez Trio" accompanied by Rai Ferrer on bass, David Xirgu on drums, Dani Pérez and Ben Monder on guitar. With "Fabou" in 1999, he emerged as a singer and brought on vocalist Carme Canela, with whom he has collaborated on several occasions. That same year, he released "The Free Session," with a host of guests and his now inseparable friends David Xirgu and Dani Pérez. This was followed by the double albums "Solo la verdad es sexy" (2003), "Bilbao" (2006), "Al otro lado" (2007), "Quiero volver a Marte otra vez" (2009) a duo double release with his fellow mate drummer David Xirgu, "Gasteiz" (2014), recorded in trio at the 2012 Vitoria Jazz Festival. "Salalagua" (2017) also in trio, and the recent 2025 album "Palo Seco" featuring international luminaires as drummer Jeff Ballard, Michael Formanek on bass and pianist Moisés Sanchez. All ten recordings released by Fresh Sound Records.

Among many other things, Gorka Benítez has left traces of his saxophone on records by Emilio Solla, Loquillo, Paco Ibáñez, and Jerry González; he has toured with a Japanese flamenco company (Shoji Kojima's); he has participated in a Tango Festival in Buenos Aires, in the Havana International Festival with Martirio; represented the Basque Country at the Midem in Cannes; and has organized the multidisciplinary creative workshop Simbiotiz-Art. The term eclectic is a far cry from the word "eclectic."