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Gioele Pagliaccia
Human being, musician, multi instrumentalist, drummer, composer, educator and gardener. Plays with Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, Will Bernard, Joe Lally and many others
About Me
Gioele Pagliaccia is a drummer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator raised between Italy and the
United States.
Recognized for his versatility, he has collaborated with internationally renowned artists such as Joe Lally
Rosa Brunello (Dee Dee Bridgewater) , Gianni Gebbia, Danilo Gallo, Alfonso Santimone, Will Bernard (Don
Cherry, John Medeski, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Tom Waits), and many others.
Leader of the quartet Aut to Lunch, the only ensemble in Europe dedicated to reinterpreting the music of Eric
Dolphy, and the hammond and drums combo IL DUO, he is appreciated both in the jazz scene and in rock and
experimental music.
Since 2019, he has been a permanent member of the pioneering Afro-futurist group Idris Ackamoor & The
Pyramids, with whom he has toured Europe and recorded the album Shaman! (Strut Records) at Malcolm
Catto’s London studio.
Alongside his performing career, he is deeply committed to music education. For over twenty years, he has
been teaching drums and percussion both privately and in institutions such as music academies. He leads the
project “TUTTO SUONA”, a percussion workshop using instruments built from recycled materials, and
“RADICI FLESSIBILI”, drum seminars for professionals. He also promotes ensemble music in schools in
collaboration with the Museum of Music. Recently, he launched a project at the Juvenile Justice Center of
Bologna to support young inmates through music.
Over the years, he has performed with artists such as Danilo Gallo, Alfonso Santimone, Daniele Santimone,
Jack Yglesias, Federico Pierantoni, Filippo Vignato, Barry Guy, Henry Cook, Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids,
Vincenzo Vasi, Piero Bittolo Bon, Stefano Dallaporta, Joe Lally, Riccardo Di Vinci, Alberto Capelli, Michael
Rosen, Michele Polga, Massimo Pupillo, Stefano Raffaelli, Scott Rosenberg, Will Bernard, Nick Garbett, Alex
Fernet, Biagio Marino, Maurizio Zorzi, Giordano Grossi, Lorenzo Gasperoni, Blake Franchetto, Edoardo
Marraffa, Filippo Cassanelli, Achille Succi, Lorenzo Gasperoni, Eterea Post Bong Band, Rosa Brunello, Camilla
Battaglia, Dave Scott Stone, Gianni Gebbia, Mikaele Pellegrino, Lo Strano Frutto, Giacomo Ancillotto, Filippo
Orefice, Cristiano De Fabritiis, Fabio “Reeks” Recchia, Renato Ciunfrini, Tony Cattano, Pasquale Innarella,
Alessandro Lanzoni, Paul Santner, Amy Denio, Andrea Pesce, Andrea Ruocco, Ettore Martin, Massimo
Giangrande, Andrea Biagioli, Giulio Campagnolo, Wil Blades, Daniele Tittarelli, Gerhard Gschlößl, Johannes
Fink, Igor Osypov, Naomi Jean, Justin Falk, Eyal Lovett, Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, Antonio Gallucci, Fil Lorenz,
Daniel Magay, Dj Økapi, Roberto Bordiga, Paolo Bacchetta, Federico Pozzer, Roberto Bellatalla, Manlio
Maresca, Marco Quaresimin, Riccardo Marogna, Sergio Gonzo, Luca Moresco, Glauco Benedetti, Alessandro
Fongaro, and many others.
He has performed in Italy, the USA, France, Sweden, Turkey, England, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands,
Germany, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, and Japan.
He is an endorser of Bosphorus Cymbals and Artbeat Sticks.
