Gnaposs - Outsider (2008)

If you depart from James Brown, turn right to Miles Davis, go straight ahead to Led Zeppelin and turn left to Stevie Ray Vaughan, you’ll have arrived to Gnaposs, a unique and brilliant fusion of Funk, Rock, Blues and a little bit of Jazz.

Gnaposs is a project founded in Los Angeles, California, by guitarist and composer David Muñoz Gnaposs. In L.A., this musician from Barcelona graduated with honors from the prestigious Musicians Institute and recorded his first album Party With Yourself (2002) blessed by guitar wizards Scott Henderson and TJ Helmerich.

He now lives in Barcelona and, in addition to having edited 4 studio albums as Gnaposs, he collaborates as a guitar player with some popular Spanish acts such as Els Pets, Shuarma, or The Bon Scott Band. He’s a real working musician and has been averaging around 100 gigs all around Spain for the last 10 years. He also regularly teaches guitar at the reputed Aula de Jazz del Liceu de Barcelona.

His latest album Happiness Vol. 1 (RGB Suports, 2011) is a collection of eclectic, but easy to digest, tunes. However, the best place to discover this artist is on the stage, either in Trio or Quintet format. A Gnaposs concert is an electrifying experience marked by the high energy and constant improvisation of the band members. With more than 400 Gnaposs concerts, including the Barcelona Guitar Festival, the Jazz Festival of Vitoria, the Cerdanyola Blues Festival or the Black Music Festival (with Tower Of Power and Living Colour), we can ensure that Gnaposs life is synonymous of technique, energy, taste and quality.