Recordings and Solo Guitar Project
Explore my diverse jazz recordings and compositions through these projects. All recordings are available online on Apple Music, Spotify, etc.
De Stefano & Donato - Matters of The Spirit (1999) Reno De Stefano Quintet - Mimi's Dance (2008)
Reno De Stefano Quartet - Elevation (2012) Reno De Stefano Solo Guitar - The American Song Book (2024)
CD Reviews
De Stefano offers a confident, relaxed melodic approach to standards. Canada is slowly gaining her much-deserved credit for a number of new standout jazz guitarists, and Reno De Stefano should be counted among them. Here is a credit to academia- a performance professor with a "Spirit" for performing." - Just Jazz Guitar (February 2002)
An impressive display of De Stefano's harmonic invention and thorough skill as a guitarist. De Stefano's rich harmonic sense is evident throughout as he builds layers of possibility into each tune. - Planet jazz (Summer 2002)
He's got an appealing way with harmonies. - Cadence (April 2002)
An absolutely wonderful CD. Talk about someone who walks the talk, all of his original works have a delicate, poetic sound that makes great use of full chords in the spirit of Wes and Joe Pass. - JazzWax.com (2007)
Un musicien attachant qui manie la guitare avec beaucoup d'émotion, un musicien touchant - Jazz Chroniques & Coups de Coeur (2007)
Well-known in the Montreal jazz scene, De Stefano shares his ten compositions with intelligence, sensitivity and lenghty well-structured solos. A great gift and an inspiration for aspiring guitarists. - Sortiejazznight.com (2009)
What stays is the language and the sound: with a barely electrified Gibson L5 in hand, De Stefano plays warm, ringing lines, the music is fluid, articulate and a pleasure to listen to. - La Scena (2009)