Doug de Vries (born 26 July 1960) is an Australian guitarist working in Melbourne, Victoria.
He undertook a degree in Music at La Trobe University between 1983 and 1987 joining the Australian Jazz Orchestra a year later.
[1] de Vries performs in a variety of styles including jazz, choro, tango and bossa nova and is Australia's leading exponent of the Brazilian guitar repertoire.
[2] He has recorded numerous albums of original works and classic Brazilian repertoire, along with performers including Australian artists Vince Jones, James Morrison, Paul Grabowsky, Don Burrows, Kate Ceberano, and Judy Jacques, as well as international artists Yamandu Costa, Luciana Rabello, Jorginho do Pandeiro, Hermeto Pascoal, Mauricio Carrilho, Nailor Proveta and Lula Galvao.
[6] Other projects include producing the "It's About Time" album tour for Christine Sullivan, orchestrating film scores for The Last Days of Chez Nous, Lucky Break and Mushroom; forming the New Tango Quintet playing original contemporary compositions, writing the commissioned New Metamorphoses for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for the August 1996 "Metropolis Series" and performing as the Melbourne Samba School's lead player on the cavaquinho.