Artist:Egberto Gismonti
Song:Magico
Album:Works
Brazilian jazz musician Egberto Gismonti is best known for playing guitar though he also plays piano. He has recorded for the German label ECM since the 70s. He was born Dec. 5,1947 in Carmo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His father and grandfather were musicians from Lebanon. His mother is from Sicily. Gismonti studied piano at the Brazilian Conservatory of Music as a child. After studying classical music, he moved to Paris to study contemporary music. Gismonti played piano but he moved back to Brazil to learn guitar. And he liked the idea of multi string guitars. So he learned to play a regular six string classical guitar and then he had custom 8 and 10 string guitars made and that's what he plays today. Guitar freaks love that. Gismonti signed with the German label ECM in 1973 and he has recorded for them for most of his career. He met Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos in Europe and they have recorded a few albums together. Magico appears to be an attempt by ECM owner Manfred Eicher to take three ECM artists and turn them into a permanent band. Gismonti plays guitar with Charlie Haden on bass and Jan Garbarek on sax. The album Magico was released in 1980 followed by the 1981 album Folk Songs. They also toured together and ECM released a live Magico recording in 2012. Gismonti wrote the song Magico and you can get it on this comp covering his 70s recordings. It looks like Gismonti may be retired. He hasn't recorded in a long time. But I know jazz guitar fans will want to check him out. Here's Egberto Gismonti on guitar with Charlie Haden on bass and Jan Garbarek on sax performing Magico in Italy in 1981.
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