Doug de Vries (born 26 July 1960) is an Australian guitarist working in

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. He studied jazz guitar with Bruce Clarke and classical guitar under Jochen Schubert and began playing professionally at the age of 18. He undertook a degree in Music at

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between 1983 and 1987 joining the Australian Jazz Orchestra a year later.Melbourne Samba School, Doug de Vries
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, and Judy Jacques, as well as international artists

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' over three years in the 1990s. In July 1991 he won the Australian Jazz & Blues Award for "Australia's Best Jazz Guitarist". He established the Brazilian music course as part of the Bachelor of Australian Popular Music Degree at NMIT and teaches at Monash University, in the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music at the University of Melbourne. He has performed on soundtracks for the films '' The Sapphires'' (2012), '' Red Dog'' (2011), and ''

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, orchestrating film scores for ''

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'', '' Lucky Break'' and ''

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''; forming the

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playing original contemporary compositions, writing the commissioned ''New Metamorphoses'' for the

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for the August 1996 "Metropolis Series" and performing as the Melbourne Samba School's lead player on the

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Discography

* ''Doug de Vries'' (1990) * ''Karate'' (with Andrew Pendlebury) (1993) * ''Trouble and Desire'' (Doug De Vries & Andrew Pendlebury) (1995) * ''A Knot in the Wood'' (featuring Diana Clark) (2002) * ''Free Range'' (2002) * ''Lantana Lovers'' (2004) * ''Jacaranda'' (2007) * ''Diana Clark Trio'' with Doug de Vries & Steve Grant (2009) * ''DDV '' Solo (2010) * ''Odeon'' Doug de Vries & Ken Murray (with Jaimie Smith) (2011) * ''Three Shadows of Blue'' (wirth Diana Clark) (2012) * ''Sexteto Zona Sul'' (Melb Choro sextet) (2013) * ''8 Com'' (Nocturnes & Lullabies) (2014)

References

External links

Official website

Sergio interview

Album reviews
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