Guy Strazzullo

Guy Strazzullo aka Guy Strazz was born in Bari, Italy in a musical family. Guy received his early musical training from his mother and studied jazz at 14 at the Turin Conservatorium, and later with renowned guitarist George Adie in London, where he also became a professional musician at age 17.
After moving to Australia and studying at the NSW Conservatorium, he eventually became the most broadcast jazz guitarist in Australia between 1992-2008 with albums on labels such as ABC jazz, Tall Poppies, Underscore and Rufus.
Guy has performed with an impressive list of Australian and international luminaries in jazz and World music fusion, including Roger Frampton, Matt McMahon, Dale Barlow, Don Burrows, Sandy Evans, guitarists Slava Grigoryan, Mike Stern, Martin Taylor, and George Golla, singer Vince Jones, Andy Gander, Steve Hunter, David Jones, Miro Bukowski, indigenous didgeridoo players Mark Atkins and Matt Doyle, Japanese flute master Riley Lee, Italian bassist Furio Di Castri, Indonesian pianist Dwiki Darmawan, and Krakatau.
Guy has studied with legendary jazz guitarists Pat Martino and Mike Stern, and has engaged in Indo-Jazz fusion since the early 90s, working with Pandit Ashok Roy, Grammy winner Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, and santoor master Sandip Chatterjee in Calcutta Express.
Guy is a recipient of an Australian Independent Recording Jazz Nomination (AIR 2008), an Indie Acoustic Project “Runner Up” (USA 2006). Australia Council for the Arts Music Fellowship, a Jazz APRA Award, and two APRA Nominations. Other awards include a PhD Macquarie Research Excellence Scholarship and a UNICEF Thank You certificate for humanitarian work.
Strazz has performed at major festivals and venues around the world and has released 10 albums as a leader featuring his compositions (Universal Music Publishing Australia). His current creative music collaborations include a new album with singer Anna Salleh, and Passionfruit Trio.
Formal Studies/Research
Creative PhD (Macquarie University) – the dissertation explored and challenged the perception, and function of improvisation in the context of performance and composition. Creative components: 1) Works exploring jazz-blues and Indian classical music aesthetics – Eastern Blues (Rufus 2012). 2) Silk Road double concerto for piano, guitar, and mixed contemporary ensemble listen to M2.
M.Arts (UWS) (by research) Intercultural improvisation and composition.
He is currently Head of Guitar at the Central Coast Conservatorium and senior lecturer in ethnomusicology and composition at Avondale College. His book “Modern Guitar Workbook” for guitar will be published on Indie Mosh this in 2019.