Gustavo Assis-Brasil
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Gustavo Assis-Brasil in Cleveland, Ohio, 2014, photo by Mara Rubin
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| Background information | |
| Genres | Jazz, Brazilian music, jazz fusion, instrumental rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, teacher |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Associated acts | Gustavo Assis-Brasil group, Dig Trio, Mozik |
| Website | gustavoassisbrasil |
Gustavo Assis-Brasil is a Brazilian American jazz guitarist. Based in Boston, he is considered a pioneer in the study and development of the hybrid picking technique for guitar. In 1999 he received a full scholarship to get his Master's degree at Berklee College of Music and The Boston Conservatory. His main teachers were Mick Goodrick, Wayne Krantz, Ed Tomassi, Dave Fiuczynski, Rick Peckham, and Larry Baione. He has also studied with Charlie Banacos, and Prasanna. In 2005, Assis-Brasil released the book Hybrid Picking for Guitar.
He is the director of the jazz and Contemporary Music Ensembles of The Cambridge School of Weston, and he teaches at Berklee College of Music during the guitar sessions. Assis-Brasil taught clinics at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Los Angeles, California; University of Southern California; Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts; UFRGS, Brazil; Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil; University of Passo Fundo, Brazil, and Uppsala Guitar Festival, Sweden.
Assis-Brasil took master classes and lessons with Pat Metheny, Frank Gambale, Mike Stern, David Liebman and John Scofield. Assis-Brasil also studied improvisation and composition privately with the late jazz-guru Charlie Banacos.
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