Gioele Pagliaccia

Gioele Pagliaccia is a drummer, multi instrumentalist and composer born in Marsciano (Perugia) but raised between Italy, the United States and Santo Domingo.

Thanks to his step-dad he started playing percussion at age 8 but switched to drums three years later, teaching himself how to play by obsessively practicing over records by The Police, Primus, Fela Kuti, Slayer and John Coltrane. Around that time he also learned how to play both the acoustic and electric guitars with which he still composes all kinds of music.

After moving to the United States with his family in the mid 90’s and receiving his diploma from the Corvallis High School (OR), he lived and played in New York and San Francisco learning the language of jazz. After a few years he moved to Rome and quickly became part of the city's vibrant scene, performing with artists such as Pasquale Innarella, Henry Cook (Either Orchestra, Mulatu Astatke) and Manlio Maresca among others.

At age 25 he was asked to play with Fugazi’s bass player Joe Lally (also member of The Messthetics, Coriky and Ataxia along with John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) with whom he still plays whenever possible.

After a three year stay in Berlin where he collaborated and played extensively with Gerhard Gschlößl, Johannes Fink, Igor Osypov and many others, he relocated to Italy. He now lives in Bologna.

Beside leading his own bands such as IL DUO feat. Will Bernard and the Eric Dolphy tribute Aut To Lunch, he is an accomplished session musician. In the fall of 2019 he toured Europe and recorded with legendary spiritual jazz enesemble Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids on their last double LP, SHAMAN! released by Strut Records

Throughout the years he had the fortune to record and/or perform with artists such as:

Idris Ackmoor & The Pyramids, Danilo Gallo, Alfonso Santimone, Jack Yglesias, Federico Pierantoni, Filippo Vignato, Henry Cook, Piero Bittolo Bon, Joe Lally, Michael Rosen, Michele Polga, Roberto Raciti, Massimo Pupillo, Stefano Raffaelli, Scott Rosenberg, Will Bernard, Elli De Mon, Nick Garbett, Giordano Grossi, Eterea Post Bong Band, Rosa Brunello, Camilla Battaglia, Dave Scott Stone, Gianni Gebbia, Mikaele Pellegrino, Lo Strano Frutto, Giacomo Ancillotto, Hal Tsuchida, Walter Civettini, Mother Island, Giovanni Perin, Marco Trabucco, Claudio Mosconi, Alessandro Lanzoni, Paul Santner, Amy Denio, Andrea Pesce, Andrea Ruocco, Ettore Martin, Massimo Giangrande, Giulio Campagnolo, Wil Blades, Daniele Tittarelli, Gerhard Gschlößl, Johannes Fink, Igor Osypov, Naomi Jean, Justin Falk, Eyal Lovett, Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, Antonio Gallucci, Cristiano De Fabritiis, Fabio “Reeks” Recchia, Renato Ciunfrini, Pasquale Innarella, Tony Cattano, Fil Lorenz, Daniel Magay, Dj Økapi, Roberto Bordiga, Paolo Bacchetta, Federico Pozzer, Roberto Bellatalla, Manlio Maresca, Marco Quaresimin, Riccardo Marogna, Sergio Gonzo, Glauco Benedetti, Alessandro Fongaro, Luca Moresco.

Gioele played in most major venues and festivals accross Italy, U.S.A., France, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, Dominican Republic, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland and Japan.

Gioele uses Bosphorus Cymbals