Guido Basso, born on September 27, 1937, in Montreal, Quebec, was a Canadian jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, arranger, composer, and conductor. He began playing the trumpet at age nine and studied at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. He toured with Vic Damone from 1957 to 1958 and with Pearl Bailey and Louis Bellson in 1958, before settling in Toronto in 1961. He subsequently joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and became a charter member of Rob McConnell's Boss Brass. As a leader, his album releases included Guido Basso (1986), Bass Busters (1995), Midnight Martini (1999), Dedications (2002), and One Take, Vol. 1 (2005). He won traditional jazz album of the year Juno Awards for Turn Out the Stars in 2003 and Lost in the Stars in 2004. He was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1994, and received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002 and the Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. He died on February 13, 2023, in Toronto at age 85.
