NELSON FARIA - Guitar 　　 　　Brazilian guitarist, moved Los Angeles in 1983, to attend G.I.T (Guitar Institute of Technology), where he studied with Joe Diorio, Joe Pass, Ron Eschete, Howard Roberts, Scott Henderson and Frank Gambale. While in L.A., he also attended private lessons with the chord melody master Ted Greene. 　　Back in Brazil, Nelson Faria became one of the most popular artists on call lists for guitar workshops, clinics, seminars, record sessions and concerts. 　　He performed on over 100 records and made personal appearances all around the world. He has performed and/or recorded with artists like João Bosco, Ivan Lins, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Jeff Andrews, Lisa Ono, Milton Nascimento, Edú Lobo, Leila Pinheiro among others. In 2001 he joined the BMI Jazz workshops studying with Manny Albam, Jim McNeely and Michael Abene. As an educator, Nelson taught for 12 years at the Universidade Estácio de Sá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and has taught clinics on Brazilian guitar at the IAJE /2001, NY; University of Southern California, CA; San Francisco State University; Guitar Institute of Technology, Los Angeles; Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden; Manhattan School of Music, NY; Berklee College of Music, Boston; Stockholm Universitet, Swedem, Malmo Universitet, Sweden, Amsterdan Conservatory among others. Nelson Faria has five CD titles under his name: "Ioiô", "Beatles, a Brazilian Tribute","Janelas Abertas", "Três/Three" ."Nelson Faria" .He has written four educational books: "A arte da improvisa