Education
He studied at the Conservatoire de musique du Quebec.
He studied at the Conservatoire de musique du Quebec.
He started playing the trumpet when he was nine. Settling in Toronto in 1960, he became a studio trumpeter. He also occasionally played harmonica in-studio.
In 1963, he became a music director for CBLT, a post he held until 1967.
He is a trumpeter, flugelhornist, harmonica-player, arranger, composer, conductor. His career started in his teens, when singer Vic Damone included him in an international tour.
Beginning in 1975, he frequently organized and led big band concerts at Toronto"s Canadian National Exhibition featuring jazz luminaries including Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie. He can be heard on hundreds of record albums, playing and recording with stars from Buddy Rich and Oliver Jones to Carol Welsman and Diana Kralll.
He is currently featured on vocalist Diana Panton"s release "Pink".
He was part of the "Sound of Toronto" series of reunion concerts of the Boss Brass in 2008.
Guido Basso was a charter member of Rob McConnell"s group, The Boss Brass, and the Rob McConnell Tentet, playing with The Boss Brass as a featured soloist throughout their lifetime, and appearing on 30 Boss Brass recordings.