{{Short description|American fingerstyle guitarist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Use American English|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Alex de Grassi | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|2|13}} | birth_place = Yokosuka, Japan | genre = New Age | occupation = Musician | instrument = Guitar | years_active = 1976–present | label = Windham Hill, Novus, Tropo, Lifescapes, 33rd Street | website = {{URL|www.degrassi.com}} }}
'''Alex de Grassi''' (born February 13, 1952) is an American fingerstyle guitarist, author, composer and performer. Tom Wheeler wrote in ''Guitar Player'' magazine that his technique is "the kind that shoves fellow pickers to the cliff of decision: should I practice like a madman or chuck it altogether?"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://windhamhillrecords.com/2010/02/whs-c-1009-alex-de-grassi-slow-circle/ |last1=Dark |first1=Johnny |title=WHS C-1009 Alex De Grassi Slow Circle |work=Windhaming |date=February 1, 2010|accessdate=2022-02-11}}</ref> De Grassi was invited by his cousin William Ackerman to join the Windham Hill label and became one of the label's best sellers.<ref name="Mellow">{{cite web |last1=Bronstein |first1=Scott |title=Making Money Out of Mellow|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/04/business/making-money-out-of-mellow.html?pagewanted=all |website=The New York Times|accessdate=16 September 2019|date=May 4, 1986}}</ref>
==Discography== * ''Turning: Turning Back'', (Windham Hill, 1978) * ''Slow Circle'', (Windham Hill, 1979) * ''Clockwork'', (Windham Hill, 1981) * ''Southern Exposure'', (Windham Hill, 1983) * ''Altiplano'', (RCA/Novus, 1987) * ''Deep at Night'', (Windham Hill, 1991) * ''The World's Getting Loud'', (Windham Hill, 1993) * ''Beyond the Night Sky: Lullabies for Guitar'', (EarthBeat, 1996) * ''Alex de Grassi's Interpretation of Simon & Garfunkel'', (Northsound, 1997) * ''Alex de Grassi's Interpretation of James Taylor'', (NorthSound, 1998) * ''The Water Garden'', (Tropo, 1998) * ''Bolivian Blues Bar'', (Narada, 1999) * ''Tatamonk'' with Quique Cruz, (Tropo, 2000) * ''Shortwave Postcard'' with G.E. Stinson, (Auditorium, 2001)<ref>{{cite web |title=Outsight Radio Hours interview 2003 |url=https://archive.org/details/OutsightRadioHoursInterviews2000-2010/DeGrassiAlex.rm |website=Archive.org |accessdate=23 January 2019}}</ref> * ''Now & Then: Folk Songs for the 21st Century'', (33rd Street, 2003) * ''The Bridge'', (Tropo, 2020)
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://degrassi.com}} * [http://www.liraproductions.com/dmg/index.htm Official DEMANIA site] * [https://www.stringsbymail.com/blog/?p=2000 Interview at Strings By Mail]
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