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Gustavo Assis-Brasil

Based in Boston, USA, Gustavo Assis-Brasil began playing the guitar at the age of 13. He attended the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, to get his bachelor in classical guitar in 1995. During those years, he worked as a studio musician, private teacher and played with some important bands and projects (Nocet, Bichofolha duo w/Guilherme Barros) In 1995 he was featured in Guitar Player Magazine - USA (Spotlight session). In 1999 he got a full scholarship to get his Master Degree In Jazz at Berklee College of Music and The Boston Conservatory. His main teachers were Mick Goodrick (Gary Burton Quartet, Pat Metheny), Wayne Krantz (Leni Stern, Steely Dan, Michael Brecker), Hal Crook, Ed Tomassi, Dave Fiucsynski (Screaming Headless Torsos), Rick Peckham, Larry Baione, and the South Indian ‘guru’ Prasanna. Gustavo also had master-classes/lessons with Pat Metheny, Frank Gambale, Mike Stern, Dave Liebman and John Scofield. Gustavo also studied improvisation and composition privately with the late jazz-guru Charlie Banacos. From 2001 until 2006, Gustavo played/toured the renowned group the Dig Trio. Gustavo is the director of the Jazz and Contemporary Music Ensembles and is a faculty member of the Cambridge School of Weston. He also teaches at Berklee College of Music’s Guitar Sessions since 2006. Also as a teacher, Gustavo taught clinics at GIT, Guitar Institute of Technology, Los Angeles, CA; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA; UFRGS, Brazil; Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil; University of Passo Fundo, Brazil. In 2005, Gustavo released the book Hybrid Picking for Guitar. This book is the first method entirely dedicated to the art of combining pick and fingers to play the guitar. The book is in its 3rd edition and it has been receiving praise worldwide. In 2008, he released the follow up book Hybrid Picking Exercises: Single Note Permutations, with more than 1,400 different exercises based entirely on math permutations. Also in 2008, Gustavo released a live DVD/CD combo called “In Concert” where he features original compositions. Also in 2008, he was invited by ESC Records (Germany) to write and record an arrangement of Steely Dan’s “Aja”, to be part of a tribute CD called Maestros of Cool. The CD was released in USA and Europe. In 2009, Gustavo was invited to participate in the project Mahavishnu Re- Defined - a Tribute to John Mclaughlin & the Mahavishnu Orchestra along with other important jazz artists.

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Gustavo Assis-Brasil: In Concert

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Gustavo Assis-Brasil In Concert Abstract Logix 2008 There is much to be said for presenting material live as opposed to recorded in a studio, particularly if improvisation is at the core of a group; pianist Keith Jarrett's trio has been doing this to great effect for years. On this DVD/CD double disc, Brazilian guitarist Gustavo Assis-Brasil, in trio setting, displays the chemistry and excitement generated by a one-take performance in the company ...

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Gustavo Assis-Brasil: In Concert

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Gustavo Assis-Brasil Gustavo Assis-Brasil: In Concert Abstract Logix 2008 With a sophisticated tone that's suffused with warmth and complemented by razor-sharp technique but, more significantly, the ability to play with emotion, guitarist Gustavo Assis-Brasil makes his sound and presence known on this eponymous DVD/CD combo. Recorded live in front of an appreciative hometown crowd in Santa Maria, Brazil in July 2007, the DVD features Brasil performing with his ...

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Hybrid Picking For Guitar

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Hybrid Picking For Guitar Gustavo Assis-Brasil Paperback; 128 pages ISBN: 0977439801 Self-Published 2006

Hybrid Picking For Guitar is a book and CD set which helps the diligent reader rapidly unlock the potential of this seldom discussed technique.

Boston-based guitarist and educator Gustavo Assis-Brasil has a unique way of demystifying hybrid picking: after deftly guiding the reader through a series of exercises, he introduces musical examples that ...

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Guitar Virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil Wins First Place In Instrumental Category For 2016 International Songwriting Competition (ISC)

Guitar Virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil Wins First Place In Instrumental Category For 2016 International Songwriting Competition (ISC)

Source: Glass Onyon PR - William James

Guitar virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil song “Gee,” from his critically acclaimed new album Chromatic Dialogues, has won First Place in the Instrumental category for the 2016 International Songwriting Competition (ISC)! There were over 16,000 entries from 137 countries! Says Gustavo, “I'm very honored and thrilled to accept this award, and this prize serves as a confirmation that I might be in the right artistic path. I heard the main groove of the song 'Gee' in my head while I was driving ...

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Guitar Virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil Releases New Album - "Chromatic Dialogues"

Guitar Virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil Releases New Album - "Chromatic Dialogues"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - William James

Much to the anticipation of guitarists worldwide, guitar virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil has released a new album Chromatic Dialogues! The tracks were conceived and recorded in jny: Boston, jny: Los Angeles, and jny: Pittsburgh during the Fall of 2015, and brought to Grammy winner engineer Dave Darlington for mixing and mastering at Bass Hit Studios, jny: New York City, in January 2016. Says Gustavo, “The main idea of recording this album was to combine compositions with improvised musical dialogues (duets). The ...

...[Hiro Honshuku] is supported superbly by Gustavo Assis-Brasil on guitar and José Pienasola on bass; this ensemble listens to each other, and the result is a very worthwhile musical experience. George Russell, jazz legend, author of The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization

...It is stunning. One of the best new recordings we have heard this year. Souvik Dutta - www.abstractlogix.com 2003

Recognized for his unique stylings and innovative approaches(...). Lee Prosser, Jazzreview.com

...Gustavo shows a very intelligent way of legato playing and open triads (...). Spotlight , Guitar Player Magazine, February 1998

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