Different is the way Jose Luis Gutierrez is. "Fruit Salad" is full of emotional and captivating jazz. What starts out looking like something, it ends in anything you do not know what it is. A boogaloo, perhaps, and who cares… That’s Jose Luis and his music and that's enough for us.
José Mª García Martínez. El País
... no exaggeration to say that the slow blues tribute to Tete Montoliu, has been one of the peaks of the San Sebastian Festival studded with big names. Jose Luis Gutierrez is certainly a chosen by music.
El País
Jose Luis Gutierrez is a magnificent leader of a fascinating group.
Domi TruffandierJazz-Hot – Paris
Nucleo, Best Spanish Jazz Album in 1998.
El País, Scherzo, Jazz Gazette
JLG saxophonist finally claiming a place of honor in memory of the Vitoria Jazz Festival.
Pablo Sanz, El Mundo
Among the best of the San Sebastian Festival 98 include ... Chick Corea ... Abbey Lincoln ... Abdullah Ibrahim ... Randy Weston ... but happy to say that no one has surpassed in sensitivity and force the saxophonist José Luis Gutierrez, a new name to retain.
Federico González, El País
By its expressive power, so determined as refined, Jose Luis Gutierrez is considered one of the strongest values of contemporary Jazz marked in Spain.
Maurilio de Miguel, El Mundo
JLG has managed to stamp his name on the Jazz scene made in Spain. All their activities have obtained public and critical applause.
Javier De Cambra, La Razón
Jose Luis Gutierrez has very clear ideas. Most striking is the native touch that pervades his music, which confirms the possibility of integrating our roots in a speech full of jazz. What has immediately placed him in a privileged place in the national scene.
Cayetano López, Jazz Red-
Nucleo contains a first class Jazz, this record has come from and become part of the history of Jazz in Spain. Among the best dishes tasted at the Festival of San Sebastian, there is a widespread view on this as one of the most interesting highlights. The José Luis Gutiérrez trio.
Cuadernos de Jazz
One year after success in the Festival of San Sebastián, José Luis Gutiérrez was presented at the Festival of Vitoria, where he played tracks from their album Core, one of the best jazz works created in Spain.
El Correo Español, El Pueblo Vasco
His music, reducing it to a definition, could be called generic Spanish Jazz . The matrix of this is deceptively folkloric, but the vocabulary is absolutely jazzy. This means, authentic fusion.
Carlos Sampayo –Lateral-
Where did this sax player come out, with these unequivocally Castilian surnames and that shape? No doubt, the unanimity of the reports announce a new figure for the Spanish Jazz.
Manuel Ferrand –Más Jazz-
Here was preceded by an aura of praise that referenced as one of the most striking realities of our Jazz. And he gave a good account of reasons.
Ferran Pereyra –Última Hora-
Without doubt the most interesting of the Festival. A very generous group in a state of grace. The site exuded enthusiasm.
Guillermo de La Madrid -Supernovapop-
From the first notes appeared in the audience an emotional power, emanating from an attitude of own unique occasions of dedication and resilience.
Cuadernos de jazz




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