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Dom Minasi (born March 3, 1943 in Queens, New York) is a jazz guitarist, composer, educator and author.

Biography and career
Dom Minasi began his career as a working musician at age in New York. From 1964 till 1973 he pursued a career as a music teacher befor being given the opportunity to record for Blue Note Records. After two albums, he left the label and was active as a freelance musician, performing with with Dr. Lonnie Smith and Johnny Smith. During this time, he also performed Off-Broadway, wrote three books on jazz theory and improvisation and continued his studies at Lehman College, New York, where received his degree in composition (music). Since then, he has composed over 300 pieces, held workshops on creative writing and songwriting, and taught in___. In 1993, he ___ the Manhattan Improvisational Chamber Ensemble (MICE). Since this time he has performed in various projects with artists such as Blaise Siwula, Michael Bisio, in a trio with Ken Filiano and Jackson Krall, and Jay Rosen, his organ quartet with Mark Whitecage, Kyle Koehler, John Bollinger, and the Dom Minasi String Quartet featuring Jason Kao Hwang. In Dom Minasi founded CDM Records, an artist owned record label created in an effort to control all aspects of his music, productions and career.