" it is easy for guitar and piano to trip over each other harmonically, but these two sing from the same hymn book. Among the most lyrical players in the land, McMahon and Strazz concentrate on the unadorned beauty of melody. Ranging happily across the frontier where jazz greets influences from Brazil, Indian and West Africa, this is a radiant album" John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald 09/08
Silk Road - Strazz (Birdland/BMG)
Zawi (Ode to Joe Zawinul) - Strazz (Birdland/BMG)
Steps - Strazz (Birdland/BMG)
African Dream (Ode to Ali Farka Toure) - Strazz (Birdland/BMG)
Matt McMahon - piano Guy Strazz - classical, acoustic and east-west guitars
Colours - ABC Music
"Strazz has the rare musical gift of being able to make his guitars "sing" and therefore his material reflects a singer's choice almost, in terms of delicacy of tone, phasing, style etc. Pianists and violinists are always striving to achieve this singing quality to their sound; only a handful of the very gifted ones ever achieve it. Fifteen tracks in all, It's a wonderful album" .
Tony Magee, 4 stars.APRA review.
A Thousand Beautiful Things (Annie Lennox © BMG)
Fijindia (Strazz) © ABC/BMG
Mandela (Strazz) APRA Nomination 2004 © ABC/BMG
Guy Strazz - 6, 7 & 8-string classical guitars, ac guitar, 12-string octabina, slide-guitar.
Guest musicians
Fabian Hevia and Geronimo Santo da Silva - percussion, Matt Mcmahon - piano, Slava Grigoryan - classical guitar.
Calcutta Express - Underscore Records
Finalist in the Indie Acoustic Project's "Best CDs of 2006" awards in the World Music category:Eurasia Global Beat.
"one of the best CDs of 2006!". Indie Acoustic Project
"Sounds of Sarod & guitar weave beautifully, emotionally rich, I give if 4 stars!"
Niranjan Jhaveri - Jazz-India/JazzYatra/Jazz-India Vocal Institute; Author, critic: Down Beat
Calcutta Express (Strazz) Underscore/ BMG
Veena Deeveena (Strazz) Underscore/ BMG
Guy Strazz – East-West guitar
Sandip Chatterjee - santoor
Biplab Bhattacharya & Somnath Roy - Indian percussion
Guest musicians
Suchishree - vocal, Adrian McNeil - sarod Tarlochan Singh - tabla
Frangipani - ABC/UNIVERSAL
"Guy Strazzullo is one of Australia’s finest jazz artists. Frangipani is the fifth CD to showcase Guy’s talents as a world-class composer/guitarist. This album of World/Jazz guitar moods also features guest appearances by Mike Stern and Slava Grigoryan. The music is ravishing and sensual, classic and pure. His technical skill will inspire and amaze". chaos.com
“Frangipani is direct, seemingly simple, and wonderfully polished, this album is a quiet a treasure". 4 stars, Shane Nichols, Financial Review
Pacifica (Strazz) © ABC/BMG
Himalaya (Strazz)© ABC/BMG
Guy Strazz (Strazzullo) -guitars, Matt Mcmahon - piano,
Hugh Fraser - double bass, Andrew Gander - drums and Geronimo Santo da Silva - percussion
Guest musicians
Mike Stern - electric guitar and Slava Grigoryan - classical guitar
BLUE PHOENIX - ABC/EMI
"Strazzullo takes to the classical acoustic guitar and the virtuosity is dazzling. The three electric guitar tracks figure prominently...one in particular is the inventive reworking of John Coltrane's Naima, the work captivates with the unexpected." Leon Gettler - The Melbourne Age, August 1999
About Stern (Strazz) APRA/BMG
Naima (J.Coltrane)© Polygram
Guy Strazz - guitars, Matt Mcmahon-piano, Steve Hunter- el bass & Andrew Gander-drums
The Riddle ABC/EMI