Guido Basso
Guido Basso CM (born September 27, 1937 in Montreal ) is a Canadian jazz musician ( trumpet , flugelhorn , harmonica , orchestra conductor), arranger and composer .
Live and act
Basso began playing the trumpet at the age of nine. During his training at the Conservatoire de musique du Quebec he was discovered by Vic Damone , with whom he toured internationally for two years. In 1958 Louis Bellson brought him into his band, to which he belonged for three years and accompanied Pearl Bailey . Then he became a studio musician in Toronto ; between 1963 and 1967 he was the musical director of the local television station CBLT . He was a founding member of Rob McConnell The Boss Brass and can be heard as their solo trumpeter on more than 30 albums.
Since 1975 he has organized and directed big band concerts at Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition , which featured the likes of Dizzy Gillespie , Quincy Jones , Woody Herman , Benny Goodman , Duke Ellington and Count Basie . Since the late 1970s, he and his orchestra have released their own albums; He has also recorded with Ron Collier , Phil Nimmons , Peter Appleyard , Jerry Toth , Moe Koffman , Ed Bickert , Buddy Rich , Oliver Jones , Carol Welsman , Gene Lees , Diana Krall , Emilie-Claire Barlow, Sophie Milman and Diana Panton.
Prizes and awards
Basso was awarded the Order of Canada in 1994. For his album Turn Out the Stars (with Phil Dwyer ) he received a Juno Award in 2003 ; in the following year his album Lost in the Stars was also named “Traditional Jazz Album of the Year” with a Juno Award.
Web links
- Portrait (Canadian Jazz Archive)
- Guido Basso at Allmusic (English)
- Guido Basso in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Basso, Guido |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian jazz musician and film composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal |