Discover the latest work that is currently taking this musician around the world on
tour.
which absorbs all nearby influences and metabolises them within the same schemes of freedom and synergy that have made music evolve over the last century.
This album is a debut full of originality, which faithfully expresses where this musician, capable of embracing almost everything, comes from. Listening to it, one senses that David comes from classical jazz, but also from flamenco, electronic sounds, Mediterranean music or rock… Too many labels.
The truth is that David combines an open and promising approach as a composer and multi-instrumentalist, touching with his sincerity and demonstrating an exquisite taste
when it comes to interweaving the musical styles that have influenced him the most, thus achieving a personal and original voice that is so hard to achieve.
Musicians from different parts and cultures of the world have also made the birth of this work possible. Collaborations such as those of the Tunisian violinist and singer
Larbi Sassi, the trumpeters Jorge Vistel (Cuba) and Miron Rafajlovic (Bosnia), the singer and saxophonist Antonio Lizana (Spain), the percussionist Shayan Fathi (Iran)
or the dancers Nino de los Reyes and Daniel Navarro, have enriched the sound of the band, giving it a unique and special character. It is therefore not surprising that Where we come from has quickly become one of the best-selling albums among jazz lovers
in Spain.
DAVID RUIZ
DANIEL NAVARRO
MARCOS COLLADO
SEIR CANEDA
MIGUEL BENITO
GUSTAVO DÍAZ
JAVIER MARTÍNEZ
double bass & Guembass
Flamenco Dancer
Guitar
Piano & Keyboards
Drums
Alto sax & Flute
Trompet
“I dig this trip of black music sound, close to the hammond. A fusion of
flamenco with afroamerican music very well achieved.”
“Where We Come From is a research album. It comes from many places
and keeps looking for a destination. David Ruiz shows an enormous
versatility as a composer and as an instrumentalist. His research is very
moving for its sincerity. It is music elevated to the most personal
expression.”
“A fantastic album, with an immense instrumental quality. From the
beginning we find ethnic sounds that take us to the roots of very different
places.”
“Where We Come From is a great debut impregnated with a fresh
Mediterranean sound, very personal and expressive. I hope it will be a
discovery for jazz people who didn’t know David Ruíz’s worth and will put
him in the place he deserves”
“An album like the one David has recorded with his collaborators, will not
leave purists of every musical style in a state of indifference””
“After listening to this album I have discovered that besides being a great
bass and double bass player, David is a great composer and arranger, with
very good taste to intertwine the musical styles that most influence him
and thus achieve a personal and original voice that is so hard to find.”
“An interesting proposal in which the musician from Puertollano reveals
himself not only as the great bass player he is, but also as a composer and
arranger.””
First dancer and soloist in the dance companies of Javier Latorre and
Antonio Canales. He has won the first prize at the Festival Internacional
del Cante de las Minas (the most important award in flamenco music).
In parallel, he has also worked with great figures of Jazz as the pianist
Chano Domínguez, Michel Camilo, Vicente Amigo, Pat Metheny, Gonzalo
Rubalcaba, Ron Carter, Guillermo Mc Gill, Javier Colina, Orchestra WDR
of Cologne Chucho Valdés among others, performing in the most
important festivals of this genre: Guimarães Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Vienne Festival of France, Festival Cervantino of Mexico, Perugia Festival Jazz, Pescara Festival Jazz, CAZ Festival of Istanbul or Umbria Jazz among others…
In 2010 he collaborated with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincon
Center of New York, in a tour with Paquito de Ribera, Antonio Sánchez,
Diego Urcola and Jared Grimes. He has participated in the recording of the documentary “Tiempo de Leyenda” of TVE with the Metropole Orchestra of Holland, under the direction of Vince Mendoza. In 2012 he participates in the show Chano Dominguez WDR Big Band , closing at the Royal Opera House Muscat, Oman and with a nomination for the Grammy 2013.
Considered to be one of the most requested Spanish jazz guitarists in the scene, among his countless albums, concerts and festivals, it is worth mentioning the work with artists such as Alaín Pérez, Emilio Valdés, Henry Cole, Erwin Schrott, Chris Kase, Bobby Martínez, Chris kase, Pepe Rivero, Jerry González, Norman Hogue, Bob Sands, Molly Duncan, Ben Stivers, Estefan Rademacher, Ronda Ross, Rodney kendrick and PATAX among many others, performing at festivals around the world and in and theaters such as: Los Angeles Opera, the Sob ́ s in New york, Munich Opera, Wiener Konzerthaus of Vienna or the Castelo Sforzesco of Milan.
At the age of 22 he received a scholarship from Berklee College of Music (Boston), during his stay in the United States, he received classes from teachers such as Ari Hoenig, Dan Weiss, Martin Andersen, Adam
Nusbaum, Mark Giuluana or Francesco Ciniglio.
Later he moved to Holland, where he finished his Jazz studies at the
Conservatorium van Amsterdam. A very versatile drummer, he participates in a multitude of projects of all kinds of music, focusing mainly on the world of improvisation and jazz. During his career, he has worked with musicians such as Miguel Rodriguez, Chris Kase, Norman Hogue, Antonio Serrano, Bob Sands Big Band, Vistel Brothers, Federico Lechner, Boby Martinez, Abdu Salim, Nicole Henrry, Jerry Gonzalez, Guianni Gagliardi, Greg Tardy, Jeremy Pelt, Arturo O’Farril, Deborah Carter, Ariel Bringuez, Christian Howes, Enrique Oliver or Tony Belenguer. He has also accompanied pop artists such as Xoel Lopez, Jorge Drexler, and Ariel Rot.
He regularly collaborates with the band of Andreu Buenafuente’s show
“Late Motiv”. Since 2011, he is an endorser of the prestigious cymbals brand Bosphorus.
Pianista multidisciplinar especializado en Jazz. Formado en Galicia y País Vasco estudiando
con grandes músicos como Abe Rábade, Paco Charlin, Jorge Rossi, Perico Sambeat, Bob
Sands, Miguel Blanco, Iñaki Salvador, Victor Merlo, Joaquín Chacón, Guillermo KI ein,
Andrzej Oleniczak, Guillermo Meguill, Chris Kase, Roger Mas, entre otros…
Ha estudiado principalmente en el Seminario Permanente de Jazz de Pontevedra,
terminando por licenciarse en la especialidad de Piano Jazz por MUSIKENE en
Donosti,País Vasco.
Ha participado como pianista en diversos festivales de Jazz en España y Francia con
diferentes formaciones y en numerosos concursos de jazz.
Desde 2016 reside en Madrid y trabaja como músico freelance, compositor y arreglista,
compaginando su actividad musical con la docencia, impartiendo clases privadas y como
profesor en escuelas de música (Ritmo y compás, Schoenberg, Rock guitar experience).
Además, ha colaborado en la grabación de tres publicaciones en 2006 (Jazz Live No
Principal) con el guitarrista Dani Pérez (Free Code Jazz Records), en 2012 con North
Atlantic Jazz Connection (Takeo Music Tenerife) y posteriormente, en 2020, con Arturo
Pueyo Quartet “Derroteros” (Cezanne Productions).
También en 2020, forma parte del proyecto como pianista de la flautista María Toro para la
grabación de Galicia Emerxe de TVG.
Actualmente forma parte se diferentes proyectos y espectáculos como pianista titular en
diferentes teatros y salas de conciertos.
Born in Pamplona and graduated in Trumpet-Jazz at the Conservatory of
Music of the Basque Country (MUSIKENE), he studies with maestro Chris Kase.
In 2010 he moves to Madrid, a city where he has collaborated in live
performances and recordings with a huge number of projects ranging from Jazz, Funk or Soul, to Latin music, classical, pop and musicals.
His trumpet is very requested by the Spanish black music labels, he works
teaching trumpet and improvisation at the Centro Superior de la Escuela
de Música Creativa de Madrid.
Gustavo is a regular musician of the Spanish jazz scene, who always
pursues originality both in his compositions and in his improvisations.
He holds a PhD from the URJC (Madrid), where he developed a doctoral thesis on contemporary improvisation in the field of jazz. He currently teaches saxophone and jazz composition at the Conservatorio Superior de Música Manuel Castillo in Seville.
He also leads his own group, Gustavo Díaz Quinteto, with which he
published Cromatonal (Youkali Music, 2016); and Incipit vita nova
(Youkali Music 2018). Now he is inmerse in the production of his latest work, that will be released next year.
