Brazil Faculty
Gustavo D’Amico is a saxophonist, composer and educator from São Paulo, Brazil, currently based in Brooklyn, NY. His work is the result of a creative amalgam of different artistic expressions and sound experiences, based on free improvisation, Brazilian music, jazz and contemporary classical music. He is the co-founder of the Alfaia Ensemble, a quintet that focus on the intersection between Brazilian and Middle Eastern music, Peixe Seco, a quartet that researches and investigates contemporary music and Brazilian folkloric music, and Solos de Ave, a trio that explores Brazilian music and free improvisation.
He has performed and recorded with some of the biggest names of Brazilian and American music including Egberto Gismonti, Alcione, Elza Soares, John Patitucci, and Terri Lyne Carrington. Gustavo is a graduate of the Global Jazz Institute directed by Danilo Perez, Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory.
He has performed and recorded with some of the biggest names of Brazilian and American music including Egberto Gismonti, Alcione, Elza Soares, John Patitucci, and Terri Lyne Carrington. Gustavo is a graduate of the Global Jazz Institute directed by Danilo Perez, Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory.