This Thursday-Saturday @ Indiana University….myself, Randy Brecker, Peter Erskine and Bob Hurst……..
to celebrate David Baker’s 80th Birthday!! We are all alumni, and studied under David at I.U. It’s going to be a GROOVE…..
in case you missed it…Peter Erskine, Gene Perla and myself….
playing my arrangement of Con Alma. Enjoy the music! AP
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new article in KEYBOARD MAGAZINE…
Check out the APRIL issue of KEYBOARD MAGAZINE…. “IMPROVISE WITH INTERVALS”, my tutorial on the intervalic approach to improvising.
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Alan Pasqua, Gene Perla and Peter Erskine Trio this coming Saturday night at Alva’s Showroom, San Pedro, 8PM
Our good friend and bassist extraordinaire Gene Perla will be in town this week. Peter and I are lucky to grab him for an evening of trio music, some old, some new. I hope you can join us for what will be a very special …
the Alan Pasqua Songbook is finally here!
Presenting Concepts for Improvisation, Volume 3! I have included 13 of my compositions transcribed as I played them on various recordings. Includes “Highway 14″, “Barcelona”, “My New Old Friend”, “To Love Again”, “Vienna”, “San Michele”, and “Surrender” among others. You may order it …
I LOVE this record…this is why I LOVE music….
from Joe Cocker “Stingray” with the very best band EVER,,,,”Stuff”. That would be Richard Tee, Eric Gale, Gordon Edwards and Steve Gadd. Listen to how this track builds…it is pure genius.
Lars Danielsson…this man is a genius. Listen…..
Swedish Bassist Lars Danielsson here at the Jazz Baltica 2010. This man’s music is special. So beautiful, so visual, so much space here to interact with the music. The band is wonderful. I had the great pleasure of playing with drummer Magnus Öström last year …
Check out My Photography Page….
My hobby and passion is photography…music and photography are the yin/yang for me. One tangible and malleable (photography) , the other intangible and best left as a first impression (music). I am into shooting HDR (High Dynamic Range) photos…it is where I shoot one image …
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COMING SOON—The Alan Pasqua Songbook!!
My latest book will be out in the first quarter of 2012. It is my “Concepts for Improvisation” series, Volume 3. This will be the latest release and will complete the trilogy along with Volumes 1 & 2, “The Diminished Cycle” and “The Architecture of …
Incredible Bill Evans, Paul Motian and Chuck Israels 1962
In Your Own Sweet Way, possibly performed live somewhere in Italy is my guess. The trio is on fire, Bill swinging hard as ever and yet so precise, and some GREAT trades with Paul Motian. Beautiful brushwork by Mr. Motian…enjoy this. AP