{"id":22146,"date":"2025-10-31T14:12:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loffmusic.com\/here-you-can-see-how-gilipojazz-conquers-montreux-with-erzuin-live-at-the-montreux-jazz-festival\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T10:43:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T09:43:22","slug":"here-you-can-see-how-gilipojazz-conquers-montreux-with-erzuin-live-at-the-montreux-jazz-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loffmusic.com\/en\/here-you-can-see-how-gilipojazz-conquers-montreux-with-erzuin-live-at-the-montreux-jazz-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Here you can see how “Gilipojazz” conquers Montreux with “Erzu\u00edn (Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival)”."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Madrid trio captures its wildest and most virtuosic essence in a legendary recording.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

There are live performances that are not recorded: they are immortalized.Gilipojazz knows this well, and his new release, “Erzu\u00edn (Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival)”,<\/em> not only documents a concert, but encapsulates a way of understanding music without labels or brakes.<\/p>\n\n

The Madrid trio formed by \u00c1ngel C\u00e1ceres (bass and vocals)<\/strong>, Iker Garc\u00eda (guitar and vocals)<\/strong> and Pablo Levin (drums and vocals)<\/strong> presented this song -already known from their first album- on the most emblematic stage of international jazz, and the result is pure live electricity: a mixture of precision, wildness and sense of humor.<\/p>\n\n

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Montreux is the stage where everything vibrates differently<\/h2>\n\n

Performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival<\/strong> is not just any old thing: it is playing in the shadow of the giants.There, in front of a demanding and diverse audience, Gilipojazz deployed its usual cocktail of genres – from the most academic jazz to rock, from funk to prog, from surrealism to the most unrestrained -, proving that its irreverence is also excellence.<\/p>\n\n

“Erzu\u00edn”<\/em> live is a controlled outburst: technique without pretension, humor without frivolity.The result: a sound as unpredictable as it is precise, as fun as it is virtuosic.<\/p>\n\n

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From Madrid to the world: a story of perseverance and explosion<\/h2>\n\n

Formed in 2020<\/strong>, Gilipojazz have staged a meteoric rise that few instrumental groups can boast.In just four years:<\/p>\n\n

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  • More than 180 sold out concerts<\/strong> in venues and festivals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • A growing fan community<\/strong> that fills every date and turns their live shows into musical parties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • And a reputation as a “unique” band, capable of mixing virtuosity, satire and groove with equal solvency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

    Its unofficial slogan – already repeated as a mantra in networks – sums up its phenomenon well:<\/p>\n\n

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    “Good thing we have Gilipojazz left.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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    “Progresa Adequately” and the international leap<\/h2>\n\n

    Prior to this recording in Montreux, the band had already marked territory with their second album, “Progresa Adecuadamente”,<\/em> mixed by the legendary Roy Hendrickson<\/strong> (Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney) and mastered by Gonzalo Lasheras<\/strong>.The album consolidated them as one of the most innovative proposals of Spanish jazz and fusion<\/strong>, and obtained two nominations<\/strong> at the Spanish Academy of Music Awards<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n

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    • Best Jazz Album<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Best Fusion Song<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      A trajectory that proves that virtuosity can also have a sense of humor – and groove.<\/p>\n\n

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      “Erzu\u00edn”, where chaos has a method.<\/h2>\n\n

      This new live release does not seek to recreate the studio, but to dynamite it.The trio indulges in a fierce improvisation where each instrument occupies its space with surgical precision:<\/p>\n\n

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      • Caceres‘ bass<\/strong> sustains the pulse with melodic aggressiveness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Iker Garc\u00eda’s guitar<\/strong> builds layers of irony and texture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Levin’s drumming<\/strong>, pure rhythmic muscle, is a driving force and emotional metronome.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        Everything sounds measured, but free; fun, but serious.A vindication that current Spanish jazz does not need complexes to<\/strong> dialogue with the greats.<\/p>\n\n

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        A trial by fire very well passed<\/h2>\n\n

        “Erzu\u00edn (Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival)”<\/em> is not only a milestone in Gilipojazz’s career, but also a reaffirmation of his proposal:breaking forms to reinvent them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

        If his music were a thesis, the title would be clear:\ud83d\udc49 “Virtuosity without solemnity”.<\/p>\n\n

        And if their future were a promise, one sentence would suffice:Thank goodness we still have Gilipojazz.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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