R.I.P. - André Geraissati - November 18, 2025 - Brazilian guitarist

André Luiz Geraissati (7 September 1951 – 19 November 2025) was a Brazilian guitarist. He played with Grupo D'Alma, Egberto Gismonti, Bobby McFerrin, and Wynton Marsalis.

Grupo D'Alma
From 1979 to 1985 he was a part of Grupo D'Alma, a guitar trio which also included Rui Saleme and Ulisses Rocha. In 1979 they released A Quem Interessar Possa. In 1982 they played the International Jazz Festival of São Paulo.

Solo
In 1985 Geraissati began a solo career releasing Insight. In 1987, he signed with Warner Bros. released the double album Solo.In 1988 DADGAD was released, and in 1989, the album 7989.

André Geraissati | África / Fogo eterno (André Geraissati) | Instrumental Sesc Brasil

In 2022, São Paulo-born guitarist and composer André Geraissati turns 71, having dedicated 51 of those years to creating and developing a unique musical language that has established a landmark in the history of Brazilian instrumental music. With technical skill, sensitivity, and vigor, he returns after the hiatus imposed by the pandemic. The repertoire of the solo show to be presented at Instrumental Sesc Brasil reflects the artist's musical trajectory, built since the 1980s, marked by innovation, and reaffirms him as a virtuoso and creative instrumentalist-songwriter.

André Geraissati | Programa Instrumental Sesc Brasil

André Geraissati - Canto das Aguas / Lobo

 

Dude was great...RIP.