Guitarist and composer , he has earned the reputation of Jazz / Fusion "Guitar Wizard" , getting credits from the likes of Billy Cobham, Joe Diorio
, Jimmy Bruno , Phil Upchurch , Vic Juris , Don Mock, Bob Mintzer , Bill Evans, Dean Brown, John Beasley , Mark Egan, John Stowell, Carl
Verheyen , etc. . He started playing the guitar at eight years thanks to his father Nino ( jazz guitarist ), studying classical guitar for 5 years and
then to concentrate his studies towards the modern guitar and jazz. In 1991 he moved to California to attend the Musicians Institute in Hollywood
where he graduated with honors from the GIT ( Guitar Institute of Technology) in September 1992 , studying with the best teachers in the world
such as: Joe Diorio , Don Mock, Scott Henderson, Ron Eschete , Howard Roberts , Peter Sprague, Gary Willis , Jennifer Batten, Steve Trovato,
Jeff Berlin , Tommy Tedesco , Mike Miller ... He has played and recorded with many world-renowned artists such as Bill Evans , Joe Diorio , Mark
Egan, Don Mock, Bob Mintzer , John Beasley , Michael Manring , Tetsuo Sakurai, Jeff Richman , Scott Kinsey , Jamie Findlay, Barrett Tagliarino ,
Richard Smith, John Stowell, Marco Minnemann , etc ... In 1994 he founded the CMA (Contemporary Music Academy ) in Pescara, one of the
most advanced European music schools where he teaches guitar Jazz / Fusion , Also was the first professor of " Jazz Guitar " at the
Conservatory of Pescara where he also taught Music Theory . In 2008 he debuted with his solo album "The Past Inside The Present " feat. Bill
Evans (Miles Davis, John McLaughlin ) and Scott Kinsey ( Tribal Tech , Joe Zawinul ), which was ranked first as the best album of guitar Jazz /
Fusion guitar for Tower Records U.S., has also participated as a soloist in two Albums tribute to Mahavishnu Orchestra: " Mahavishnu Re
-Defined vol.1 & vol.2 " and a CD tribute to Jeff Beck " The Loner vol . 2 " with many" All-Star musicians " like Mark Egan, Michael Manring , John
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CD1 1. Continenza, Gianfranco - Dusting the time
CD1 2. Continenza, Gianfranco - Swingin' into reggae
CD1 3. Continenza, Gianfranco - Under my fingers
CD1 4. Continenza, Gianfranco - Walkin' your way
CD1 5. Continenza, Gianfranco - Back to Beck
CD1 6. Continenza, Gianfranco - Things could change
CD1 7. Continenza, Gianfranco - Face the truth
CD1 8. Continenza, Gianfranco - Mahavishnology
CD1 9. Continenza, Gianfranco - Dinner on Melrose Avenue
CD1 10. Continenza, Gianfranco - No way out
CD1 11. Continenza, Gianfranco - Red clouds
CD1 12. Continenza, Gianfranco - One word
CD1 13. Continenza, Gianfranco - Moments gone
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