ALEX DE GRASSI

“DE GRASSI'S SOLO STEEL-STRING GUITAR PIECES RESEMBLE ORCHESTRAL OVERTURES MORE THAN MERE SONGS. ALEX'S CONTROL AND SENSITIVITY ARE ALMOST AS STRIKING AS HIS TECHNICAL EXPERTISE.”

Guitar Player Magazine

“HIS TOUCH IS AS EXQUISITE AS HIS LYRICISM, AND HIS IMPROVISATIONAL/ COMPOSITIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS IS AS INTRICATE AND SUBTLE AS A SPARKLING CRYSTAL.”

Down Beat Magazine

“DE GRASSI MERGES INTRICATE FINGER-PICKING TECHNIQUE WITH AN UNCANNY GIFT FOR MELODIC INVENTION.”

Billboard Magazine

09.01.10
The American Evolution: Turtle Island Quartet marks 25 years on the cutting edge of chamber jazz

08.02.10
Baylin Artists Selected to Showcase at Fall 2010 Conferences
Turtle Island, Luna Negra and Viver Brasil were selected to showcase at fall conferences

09.02.10
The Cashore Marionettes
Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, VA

09.04.10
Hot 8 Brass Band
Arts Festival Oklahoma Arts Stage
Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma City, OK

09.05.10
ETHEL
Moab Music Festival
Moab, UT

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- A Story of Floating Weeds - Touring 10-11-12
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Listen

from the album- The Water Garden

Prelude (de Grassi)

Cumulus Rising (de Grassi)

from the album- Now and Then

Shortnin' Bread (Trad.)

Watch

Tours & Projects

Alex de Grassi - Touring 10-11-12

Often cited as one of the world’s top finger-style, steel-string acoustic guitarists, GRAMMY® nominee Alex de Grassi brings a unique voice to the art of acoustic guitar with his evocative compositions and arrangements, a highly-orchestrated sound, and sheer virtuosity. His playing weaves together melody, counter-melody, bass, harmony, rhythm, and cross-rhythms creating a canvas of sound unheard in solo guitar performance. Using a broad palette of techniques and timbre, and driven by a unique sense of composition, his rich performances take the listener beyond the instrument. The set list will often include a wide spectrum of music ranging from original compositions and Americana standards to transcriptions of well known popular songs such as Jimi Hendrix’s “Angel” and Led Zepplin’s “Stairway to Heaven”.