Draft:Guy Strazz

Guy Strazz
Guy Strazz
	Guy Strazz at his Central Coast studio
Background information
Born	Gaetano Strazzullo, AKA Guy Strazzullo
Origin	Sydney, Australia
Genres	Jazz, Indo-Jazz fusion, Afro-Brazilian jazz, world-jazz, western classical
Occupations	Guitarist, composer, educator
Instruments	Acoustic guitar, classical guitar
Years active	1982s–present
Members	Guy Strazzullo Quartet, Passionfruit, Sandip Chatterjee, George Golla, Slava Grigoryan, Mike Stern, 2@1, The Fret Benders, Stratofibre

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Submission declined on 3 September 2026 by Timtrent (talk).

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Submission declined on 14 July 2026 by EaglesFan37 (talk).

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Declined by EaglesFan37 2 months ago.

Comment: Note to future AfC reviewers: author categorically stated they did not use an LLM. qcne (talk) 16:46, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Comment: I have reinstated the review history. The words "Do Not Remove This Line" have a very simple meaning. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 11:57, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Comment: The creating editor has mounted a sturdy defence that this is not AI generated. Accordingly, please review this with wholly fresh eyes, unbiased by my recent review 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 09:30, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

Comment: Please perform a complete rewrite, discarding all the AI generated text. It is impossible to edit away the AI slop. It requires a total rewrite.
Editing the most recent decline to seek to pretend it was not here is a big disruptive no-no.
100% of the words, grammar and syntax must be your own. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 07:19, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Guy Strazz (born Gaetano Strazzullo 10/09/1955) - AKA Guy Strazzullo, is an Italian-born Australian jazz guitarist, composer, and educator.

Guy Strazzullo Trio was nominated for an APRA Award in 1999 for Most Performed Jazz Work with Creology. Guy Strazzullo Quartet won the 2000 APRA Award for Most Performed Work with Mandela. In 2004 he received a nomination for the same award with a duet version of Mandela with guitarist Slava Grigoryan. In 2006, Guy Strazz (with Sandip Chatterjee) was the Awards Category Winner at the US Indie Acoustic Project - World Music: Eurasia with Calcutta Express.

REFERENCES

Creology: https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/apra-awards-1999

Mandela: https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/apra-awards-2000

Mandela: https://www.apraamcos.com.au/about/supporting-the-industry/awards/apra-music-awards-2004

Calcutta Express: https://fhh.uuw.mybluehost.me/website_9f392962/previous-awards/

POST GRADUATE STUDIES

2003 Master of Arts (Honours) by research: An Intercultural Approach to Improvisation and Composition 2014 PhD Macquarie University - Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES) "An Inquiry into Improvisation - Reconciling the Differences Between Improvisation and Composition"

REFERENCES

Masters https://researchers.westernsydney.edu.au/en/studentTheses/an-intercultural-approach-to-composition-and-improvisation/

PhD https://doi.org/10.25949/19427804

FELLOWSHIP AND ASSOCIATIONS

Strazz received an Australia Council Music Fellowship (2001-3) Strazz is a Represented Artist with the Australian Music Centre.

REFERENCES

Fellowship https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58bf64e6c534a5e3ac61401d/t/5c74d54f9140b76e488acff9/1551160698377/JazzChord59.pdf

AMC Represented Artist https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/strazz-guy

DISCOGRAPHY

• Travelling On (as Australian Creole) – Tall Poppies (TP061, 1995)

• Passionfruit (as Guy Strazzullo) – Tall Poppies (TP106, 1997)

• The Riddle (as Guy Strazzullo Trio) ABC Jazz (1998)

• Blue Phoenix (as Guy Strazzullo) – ABC Jazz (1999)

• Frangipani (as Guy Strazzullo) – ABC Jazz (980 824-7) (2003)

• Calcutta Express (as Guy Strazz & Sandip Chatterjee) – Underscore Records (06EM011ACD) (2006)

• Colours (as Guy Strazz) ABC Jazz / ABC Music (2006)

• 2@1 (as Matt McMahon & Guy Strazz) Birdland Records (2009)

• Eastern Blues (as Guy Strazz Quartet) Rufus Records (2012)

• Afrotonic (as Guy Strazz & David Jones) Independent (2023)

• Silk Road Concerto (As Guy Strazz) Independent (2024)

AWARDS

• 1999 APRA Awards - Most Performed Jazz Work - nomination Guy Strazzullo Trio Creology (released ABC Jazz 1998)

• 2000 APRA Awards - Most Performed Jazz Work - winner Guy Strazzullo Quartet Mandela (released ABC Jazz 1999)

• 2004 APRA Awards - Most Performed Jazz Work - nomination Guy Strazzullo Mandela (released ABC Jazz 2003)

• 2006 Indie Acoustic Project Awards - World Music: Eurasia - Awards Category Winner Guy Strazz & Sandip Chatterjee Calcutta Express (released Underscore Records 2006)

• 2009 AIR Awards (Australian Independent Record Labels Association) 2@1 (with Matt McMahon) Best Independent Jazz Release (released Birdland Records 2008)