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Alan Pasqua

Born: June 28, 1952

Alan Pasqua, Chairman of Jazz Studies at USC, was born in New Jersey and began studying piano at the age of seven, playing both classical and jazz. He attended Indiana University and received his bachelor's degree in jazz studies from the New England Conservatory. While performing a concert at Carnegie Hall, Pasqua met the legendary drummer Tony Williams. Pasqua was asked to join The New Tony Williams Lifetime along with guitarist Allan Holdsworth. After recording two “Lifetime” albums for Columbia Records, Pasqua relocated in Los Angeles. His career in L.A. broadened as he started playing with more rock and pop artists

New music from Evan Marien, Usein Bekirtov, and Modern World Symphony

by Len Davis
September 24, 2023

New releases from Evan Marien with drummer Dana Hawkins, pianist Usein Bekirov from his latest Sato and Brazillian bassist Michael Pipoquinha from Um Novo Tom . From Poland bassist Wojtek Pillchowski and from Spain Vincen Garcia from Ventura . World Symphony # 3 from Taku Yabuki, Chicago band Monobody, and from Croatia Waveform Band. Gas an ...

Joe La Barbera: World Travelers

by Dave Linn
August 27, 2023

Drummer Joe La Barbera has an extensive and impressive resume. At the age of 20, he played in the second drum chair for the Buddy Rich Big Band before driving the 1972 stellar lineup of Woody Herman's Thundering Herd. In 1978, he was offered the prestigious opportunity to be part of the acclaimed (and what turned ...

Garda Jazz Festival

by Giuseppe Segala
August 23, 2023

Trentino Jazz Garda Jazz Festival Diverse località dell'Alto Garda 31.7-13.8.2023 Il Garda Jazz Festival, nell'ambito dell'ampia programmazione di Trentino Jazz, esibiva quest'anno sui propri manifesti lo slogan “Getting Younger," con riferimento sia al potere rigenerante della buona musica sulle funzioni cognitive, che alla presenza nel cartellone di una folta schiera ...

Kozo Suganuma, Robert Walter, Snarky Puppy and Allan Holdsworth

by Len Davis
January 15, 2023

Drummers Kozo Suganuma and Senri Kawaguchi. Funky sounds from Robert Walter and Snarky Puppy. Allan Holdsworth, Jimmy Haslip, Alan Pasqua and Chad Wackerman from Proto Cosmos, plus Virgil Donati, Alex Lofoco and CAB. Playlist Into The Night “War Elephant" from Into The Night (Arpeggio Musicl) 00:00 Robert Walter “Security" from Better Feathers (Royal Potato ...

Be With Me

By Matt Gordy

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Topsy; You and the Night and the Music; Camouflage; Spring Ahead; Chloe; Be with Me; Soul Eyes; My Shining Hour; Wheatland; Sunny.

Live In Italy

Label: Fuzzy Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: Agrodolce; New Hope; Old School Blues; Nuages; Three-Quarter Molly; Turnaround; Con Alma; Snowglobe; The Honeymoon; Dear Chick.

Proto-Cosmos

By Allan Holdsworth & Alan Pasqua

Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Proto-Cosmos; Blues For Tony; Looking Glass; Put Wud Guitar Intro; Pud-Wud; San Michele Piano Intro; San Michele; It Must Be Jazz; Red Alert.

The Stars of Jazz #2

By Arkadia Jazz All-Stars

Label: Arkadia Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Moanin’, I Want To Talk About You, My Favorite Things, Blue Motel Room, Tico Tico, My Funny Valentine, Joy Spring, Six Gun, The Law of Diminishing Returns, Out of Nowhere

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2022

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 29, 2022

The depth and range of the music that jazz players have put on record in 2022 are so big that summarizing this “year in jazz" by selecting only ten albums feels akin to taking the photo of a breath-taking landscape with an ultra-low resolution camera... Ten years from now, how is one supposed to understand how ...