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 

March 26, 202623 Robadors - Barcelona (Spain)Olivia with Antonio Mazzei, Juan Pablo Balcazar & Juan R. Berbín
March 29, 2026Jazz Cava Vic  / Vic (Spain)“Música Para Quinteto” Underpool Vinyl Ceremony
April 19, 2026JAZZÀ  / Cassà de la Selva (Spain)Quintet with Albert Cirera, Miguel “Pintxo” Villar, Masa Kamaguchi & Ramon Prats
May 3, 2026Balius  / Barcelona (Spain)Trio with Caleb Wheeler Curtis & Michael Sarin
May 5, 2026Jimmy Glass / Valencia (Spain)Quartet with Caleb Wheeler Curtis, Javier Vercher & Michael Sarin
May 21, 202623 Robadors - Barcelona (Spain)Olivia with Antonio Mazzei, Juan Pablo Balcazar & Juan R. Berbín
May 28, 2026Soda Acustic / Noctura Discordia - Barcelona (Spain)Quintet with Ariadna Torner, Leonor Falcón, Clara Torner & Marcel·lí Bayer
June 4, 2026Live Rec - Estival de Jazz d'Igualada / Igualada (Spain)Trio with Joan Torné & Benet Palet
June 11 - 13, 2026Live Rec - Seeds / Brooklyn (NY)Quartet with Caleb Wheeler Curtis, Sean Conly & Michael Sarin 
June 15, 2026Lowlands - Brooklyn (NY)Param Trio with Jeong Lim Yang & Satoshi Takeishi
June 19, 2026El Molino - Barcelona (Spain)Quintet with Albert Cirera, Miguel “Pintxo” Villar, Masa Kamaguchi & Ramon Prats
July 10, 202623 Robadors - Barcelona (Spain)*Celliacus CD release* w/ Diego Caicedo, Juan Pablo Egúsquiza & Jordi Pallarés

July 28, 2026La Social / FreeimproBrull - Barcelona (Spain)“Bestias” Solo


Discography


Música 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 PallarésBestias - Juanma Trujillo (Falcon Gumba Records, 2025)
Solo Guitar
Param - The Ledge (Robalo Music, 2025)
feat. Jeong Lim Yang, Satoshi Takeishi Traces - Pier Bruera (2025)
feat. Pier Bruera & Roman FiliúDialogues - Tomás Becket (2025)
Duo w/ Tomás Becket
Howl - 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 GenoveseHome - Daniel Prim (Ears & Eyes Records, 2024)
feat. Daniel Prim & Adam O’Farrill
Contour - Juanma Trujillo (Clean Feed, 2023)
feat. Kenneth Jiménez & Gerald CleaverCollage - Juanma Trujillo (Ears & Eyes Records, 2022)
feat. Francisco Mela & Sean ConlyImaga Mondo Vol. 2 - Leonor Falcón (Falcon Gumba Records, 2022)
feat. Christof Knoche, Juan Pablo Carletti & Zach Swanson
Ímpetu- 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 PazLa Cola del Pan - Tablopan (Falcon Gumba Records, 2019)
feat. Hery Paz, Andrew Schiller & Robin Baytas
Folklore - 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 SeokFarallon - Nick Grinder (Outside In Music, 2019)
feat. Nick Grinder, Ethan Helm, Walter Stinson & Matt Honor
El Vecino - Juanma Trujillo (Falcon Gumba Records, 2018)
feat. Brandon Sherman, Emilio Terranova & Matt HonorChama - Chama (Evolver Records,  2016)
feat. Leonor Falcón & Arturo GarcíaLive At El Taller  - Chama (2017)
feat. Leonor Falcón & Arturo García
La 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