Juanma Trujillo

Guitarrist/Composer/Improviser
Photo by Kenneth Jiménez
Venezuelan-born guitarist active in the jazz and improvised music scene, has performed internationally in the US, Europe, and South America. His approach combines improvisational techniques with elements from multiple traditions, creating works that expand beyond conventional musical structures. Currently based out of Barcelona.

DATES  DISCOGRAPHY PRESS  BIO (ENG)

NEW RELEASE
Música Para Quinteto (Live At Jazz Cava)
feat. Albert Cirera, Miguel Villar, Masa Kamaguchi & Ramon Prats

Dates 


July 28, 2026         La Social / FreeimproBrull - Barcelona (Spain)        “Bestias” Solo
September 3, 2026 23 Robadors - Barcelona (Spain)*Celliacus CD release* w/ Diego Caicedo, Juan Pablo Egúsquiza & Jordi Pallarés
September 26, 2026 Corbera Jazz Festival - Corbera de Llobregat (Spain)Trio with Melisa Bertossi & Alessandro Campobasso
October 17, 2026 Jazz Club Vilafranca - Vilafranca del Penedès (Spain)Quintet with Albert Cirera, Miguel Villar, Ramon Prats & Masa Kamaguchi
October 22, 2026 Igualada (Spain)Trio with Albert Cirera & Dani Comas

Discography


Nada es Nada (Ramble Records, 2026)
feat. Kenneth Jiménez & Vasco TrillaMúsica Para Quinteto (Live At Jazz Cava) - Juanma Trujillo (Underpool, 2026)
feat. Albert Cirera, Miguel Villar, Masa Kamaguchi & Ramon PratsCelliacus - Celliacus (Ramble Records, 2026)
feat.  Diego Caicedo, Juan Pablo Egúsquiza & Jordi Pallarés
Bestias - Juanma Trujillo (Falcon Gumba Records, 2025)
Solo Guitar Param - The Ledge (Robalo Music, 2025)
feat. Jeong Lim Yang, Satoshi TakeishiTraces - Pier Bruera (2025)
feat. Pier Bruera & Roman Filiú
Dialogues - Tomás Becket (2025)
Duo w/ Tomás BecketHowl - Juanma Trujillo (Endectomorph Music, 2024)
feat. Kevin Sun, Andrew Schiller & Matt HonorTres - Leonor Falcón & Juanma Trujillo (Lacreu Records, 2024)
feat. Antonio Mazzei, Juan Rodríguez Berbín & Leo Genovese
Home - Daniel Prim (Ears & Eyes Records, 2024)
feat. Daniel Prim & Adam O’FarrillContour - Juanma Trujillo (Clean Feed, 2023)
feat. Kenneth Jiménez & Gerald CleaverCollage - Juanma Trujillo (Ears & Eyes Records, 2022)
feat. Francisco Mela & Sean Conly
Imaga Mondo Vol. 2 - Leonor Falcón (Falcon Gumba Records, 2022)
feat. Christof Knoche, Juan Pablo Carletti & Zach SwansonÍmpetu- Juanma Trujillo (Falcon Gumba Records, 2022)
feat. Hery Paz, Santiago Leibson & Robin BaytasMPT Trio Vol. 1 - Francisco Mela (577 Records, 2021)
feat. Francisco Mela & Hery Paz
La Cola del Pan - Tablopan (Falcon Gumba Records, 2019)
feat. Hery Paz, Andrew Schiller & Robin BaytasFolklore - Juanma Trujillo (Polyfold Music, 2020)
feat. Hery Paz, Leonor Falcón, Nick Grinder & Dayeon SeokSet It Up As Silence - Sferos (Falcon Gumba Records,  2019)
feat. Hery Paz & Dayeon Seok
Farallon - Nick Grinder (Outside In Music, 2019)
feat. Nick Grinder, Ethan Helm, Walter Stinson & Matt HonorEl Vecino - Juanma Trujillo (Falcon Gumba Records, 2018)
feat. Brandon Sherman, Emilio Terranova & Matt HonorChama - Chama (Evolver Records,  2016)
feat. Leonor Falcón & Arturo García
Live At El Taller  - Chama (2017)
feat. Leonor Falcón & Arturo GarcíaLa Agrupación Juvenil del Momento - El Regaño (2014)
feat. Simón Hernández, Rafael Greco, Jose Ignacio Benitez & Enrique Perez VivasEl Regaño - El Regaño (2013)
feat. Simón Hernández, Rafael Greco, Jose Ignacio Benitez & Enrique Perez Vivas

Press



“Though there's little ordinariness or simplicity in the Venezuelan guitarist's virtuosic playing and omnivorous approach to his instrument, the grounded and unostentatious manner in which he conducts his life and art carries a certain valiant quality, one that occasionally betrays the sheer brilliance Trujillo has been pouring into his life's work over the past decade.”

Khagan Aslanov - The Tonearm


"Wide-awake music that, despite speaking in the present tense, has the timeless quality of the best art"

Carlos Pérez Cruz - Club de Jazz


"...an assault on the heavens, a wrestling match with the gates of Saint Peter and a sneaking into a sonic paradise that redeems its own audacity and escapes damnation to the underworld through the sheer excellence of its content."

Enrique Turpin - In & Out Jazz


“Trujillo’s music is electrifying, captivating, and a journey towards surprise and freedom of expression.” 

James Read - UK Vibe


“Trujillo's compositions on Howl are slyly unconventional. They blend acoustic guitar into the fabric of a saxophone trio to create frisky music with a layer of surprising grit. This results in unusual sounds which produce a full measure of sneaky fun.”

Jerome Wilson - All About Jazz


“Trujillo, totally transparent in his multiple influences, also throws in a lot of stuff that is undoubtedly his own.”

Filipe Freitas - Jazz Trail


“The guitarist’s playing is totally novel and utterly batshit, yet effortless in its majesty.”

Cal Cashin - The Quietus