This is classic George Russell, 1961,really displaying on piano what Bill Evans had to deal with on Living Time….11 years later!! Also so great to hear David Baker, Dolphy and Don Ellis. The rhythm section of George, Swallow and Joe Hunt are one. Enjoy this! AP
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Myself on piano, Peter Erskine, drums; Darek Oles, bass; Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet and Greg Johnson, saxophone. Hope you all can make it! http://www.levittpavilionpasadena.org/
at the Presbyterian Church in Pasadena. Please come and be with us…For more info on the address and time of the concert, please go to my blog page or click on the “READ MORE” button to go there…..
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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…..

playing my arrangement of Con Alma. Enjoy the music! AP
new article in KEYBOARD MAGAZINE…
Check out the APRIL issue of KEYBOARD MAGAZINE….
“IMPROVISE WITH INTERVALS”, my tutorial on the intervalic approach to improvising.
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 night.
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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 ……….here.
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.
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 when I was in Stockholm. I was playing with the great tenor saxophonist Lennart Åberg, and Magnus was playing drums. Magnus was a force and had a pocket as wide as a Vermont barn! So hip!! Magnus was also the drummer in E.S.T., the amazing trio with the late, great pianist Esbjörn Svensson, and supreme bassist Dan Berglund. I hope you enjoy this wonderful Scandinavian music….