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A native of New York City, Bertoncini grew up in a musical family. His father, Mario
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I started practicing classical guitar just about the time when the bossa nova hit. Joao was borrowing my guitar, I was playing the classical repertoire, and all these things kind of came together. I was doing studio work at the time, and I got a call to play on a big album by Ahmad Jamal; they
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From 1990 to 2008, Bertoncini played solo guitar on Sunday and Monday evenings at the Bistro La
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