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

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was nominated for a

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

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, and

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. He co-composed the original ''

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'' 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

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Biography

Pasqua grew up in Roselle Park, New Jersey. Pasqua joined The New Tony Williams Lifetime and appeared on the albums '' Believe It'' and '' Million Dollar Legs''. He then went on to perform with

's band, after which he then joined

's band. Pasqua recorded two albums with Dylan ('' Bob Dylan at Budokan'' 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 '' Havana Moon''. He was married to actress Heather Langenkamp from 1984 until 1987. He was a founding member of the late-1980s rock band

, 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

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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. He and

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also played piano on Dylan's song " Murder Most Foul", on his 2020 album ''

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''.

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) * ''Believe It'' (New Tony Williams Lifetime 1975) * ''Proto-Cosmos''
Blue Canoe Records
2022) * ''Short Cuts (from Ellingtonia)'' (

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, 2024) * ''New Hope'' (Blue Canoe Records, 2025)

As co-leader

* '' Blues for Tony'' with Allan Holdsworth,

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and

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( Moonjune, 2009) * ''Standards 2: Movie Music'' with

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(Fuzzy Music, 2010) * ''The Interlochen Concert'' with Peter Erskine, Darek Oles (Fuzzy Music, 2010) – live * ''3 Nights in L.A.'' with

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

References

External links

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Pianist Alan Pasqua on His Years With Bob Dylan, Eddie Money, Pat Benatar, and Santana
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