Jose Luis Gamez

Was born in Barcelona in 1965 and studied jazz from the age of twelve. From an early age he started participating in prestigious international jazz seminars (with Bill Dobbins, Quest, Marc Johson and Walter Bishop Jr., among others) that took place in Spain around 1980. He took up guitar lessons from Luis Murillo, Sean Levitt, Steve Brown, Joe Pass, and then later with Pat Metheny and John Abercrombie, taking theory classes from Ze eduardo,

Bill Dobbins, Kenny Weeler, Alvaro Is, Lluis Vidal and Chuck Israels.
His first album as leader came in 1993, with "Dr. Jekyll"
(on the Fresh Sound New Talent series) and presented it
among the XXV Barcelona International Jazz Festival, following
up the appearance with in 1995 at the XXVII Barcelona
International Jazz Festival de Jazz de Barcelona, in which he showed off, for the first time,
his Homage To Wes Montgomery, a firm favourite of Jos?'s throughout his life.
Performed on different national and international jazz festivals: Barcelona,
Madrid, San Sebasti?n, Vitoria, Finland, Paris, Berlin, Cologne, Den Haag and JVC
Jazz Festival in New York.
As a sideman, Jos? has played with stars such as Tete Montoliu, Bob Moses, Michel Camilo, Jack Walrath, Marc Johson, Jimmy Owens, Michael Kaupa, Perico Sambeat, Jorge Rossy, Ze eduardo, Lluis Vidal, Jorge Pardo, Steve Brown, Peter King, Bruce Barth and Michael Mossman, and has taught, in one of his many teaching roles, at jazz seminars in C?diz, Zaragoza, Vitoria, Gratz -Austria-, The New School (New York City), Zarautz, Valencia and Barcelona.
Conducted the Taller de M?sics Big Band & TETE MONTOLIU (1992-97).

He teaches jazz guitar at the new Jazz Conservatory in Barcelona - Escuela Superior de
Musica de Catalunya (ESMUC) and at the Centro Superior de Musica del Pais Vasco (MUSIKENE)

Discography as a lider:

JOSE LUIS G?MEZ-DANI PEREZ ?StringCaptives? 2005 (Satchmo)

JOSE LUIS G?MEZ ?Quatro? 2000 (Fresh Sound New Talent)

JOSE LUIS G?MEZ ?Rumbo Norte? 2000 (FSNT)

JOSE LUIS G?MEZ ?Colores? 1997 (FSNT)

JOSE LUIS G?MEZ ?Dr. Jekyll? 1993 (FSNT)