Maigroup - Metamorphosis (2019)

Mai Leisz (pronounced Lease) is a bassplayer and
composer from the shadowland of the North: post-
soviet country, Estonia, where she was born and
raised. In 2010 she made the move to Sweden where
she honed her craft as an electric bass player and
composer. She started gaining wider exposure with
her own jazz-fusion group MaiGroup as well as
freelancing with different jazz bands and pop
artists.

Her tireless work ethic, melodic bass playing and
versatility has raised her name among the world’s
top musicians. Mai is hailed as a music chameleon,
moving effortlessly from pop, folk and country to
jazz and blues.

In June 2015 she had couple of days off touring and
was busking in the old town Stockholm with a veteran
singer-songwriter Doug Seegers, when one of her
favorite musicians in the world, multi-
instrumentalist Greg Leisz - on tour with Jackson
Browne - happened to walk by. He was very moved by
what he saw and heard, took note of Mai’s
distinctive Kraftsman bass and informed bass player
Bob Glaub, who was also on the tour. The next day
Mai was invited to sit in with Jackson and his band
at Stockholm Waterfront and thus began a whirl-wind
adventure for a girl, who started her life on an
island, in a village of 250 people and who now found
herself relocating to Los Angeles, recording,
writing and touring with a two-time member of The
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -David Crosby; performing
with Jackson Browne, Joan Baez, Jim Keltner, Charles
Lloyd, David Foster and Seal among others.

MaiGroup has released three albums: “Luv” (2013),
“You” (2015) and the third album “Metamorphosis” was
released in April 2019 featuring world renowned
guests such as Bill Frisell, David Crosby, Charles
Lloyd and Greg Lenz.