Alan Pasqua (born June 28, 1952) is an American rock and jazz pianist. He studied at

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and the

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of Music. His album ''Standards'' with drummer Peter Erskine was nominated for a

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in 2008. As a session musician, he has toured and recorded with

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, Santana,

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, Rick Springfield, and

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. He co-composed the original '' CBS Evening News'' theme. He has also had an extensive career in pop and rock music, most notably as a founding member, keyboardist, and songwriter of the 1980s hard rock band Giant.

Biography

Pasqua grew up in

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's band, after which he then joined

's band. Pasqua recorded two albums with Dylan (''

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'' and '' Street-Legal''). In the 1980s he performed with

on the album '' Eye of the Zombie'', with

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on the album '' No Protection'', with

on the album ''

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'', and joined

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as keyboardist on ''

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'', '' Zebop!'' and ''

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''. He was a founding member of the late-1980s rock band Giant, and he co-wrote the band's biggest hit, " I'll See You in My Dreams." In 2017 Pasqua provided the uncredited "background-y" piano accompaniment for Dylan's Nobel Prize for Literature recorded speech.Sisario, Ben
"A Really Cool Gig': Playing Piano for Bob Dylan's Nobel Lecture"
''New York Times'', June 7, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.

Discography

* ''Milagro'' (

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, 1994) * ''Dedications'' (Postcards, 1995) * ''Lee Ritenour – Alive in L.A.'' ( GRP, 1997) * ''Russian Peasant'' (Ro Writes Music, 1999) * ''Live at Rocco'' (Fuzzy Music, 2000) * ''The Music of Eric Von Essen, Vol. 1'' ( Cryptogramophone, 2000) * ''The Music of Eric von Essen, Vol. 2'' (Cryptogramophone, 2001) * ''Badlands'' (Fuzzy Music, 2001) * ''Body & Soul'' (Video Arts, 2004) * ''My New Old Friend'' (Cryptogramophone, 2005) * ''Solo'' (Alan Pasqua, 2007) * ''Standards'' (Fuzzy, 2007) * ''The Anti-Social Club'' (Cryptogramophone, 2007) * ''Twin Bill: Two Piano Music of Bill Evans'' (BFM Jazz, 2011) * ''The Interlochen Concert'' (Fuzzy, 2016) * ''Northern Lights'' (Gretabelle, 2018) * ''Soliloquy'' (Gretabelle, 2019) *''Day Dream'' (2020)

As co-leader

* '' Blues for Tony'' ( Moonjune, 2009) with Allan Holdsworth,

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and Chad Wackerman * ''Standards 2: Movie Music'' (Fuzzy Music, 2010) with Peter Erskine,

Bob Mintzer Robert Alan Mintzer (born January 27, 1953) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. Early life Mintzer was born and raised in a Jewish family in New Rochelle, New York, on January 27, 1953. He attended the Inter ...

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* ''3 Nights in L.A.'' with

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, Peter Erskine and Darek Oles (Fuzzy Music, 2019)

References

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