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

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and the New England Conservatory 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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, Cher,

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, Allan Holdsworth,

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, and John Fogerty. 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 (''

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'' and '' Street-Legal''). In the 1980s he performed with John Fogerty on the album ''

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'', with Starship on the album '' No Protection'', with Allan Holdsworth on the album ''

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'', and joined Carlos Santana as keyboardist on '' Marathon'', ''

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'' and '' Havana Moon''. 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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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

* ''

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'' ( Moonjune, 2009) with Allan Holdsworth,

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and

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* ''Standards 2: Movie Music'' (Fuzzy Music, 2010) with

, Bob Mintzer, Darek Oleszkiewicz * ''3 Nights in L.A.'' with

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

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pasqua, Alan American jazz pianists American rock pianists American male pianists 1952 births Giant (band) members Living people American people of Italian descent Musicians from New Jersey People from Roselle Park, New Jersey Postcards Records artists American jazz educators Jazz fusion pianists 20th-century American pianists The Tony Williams Lifetime members Santana (band) members Educators from New Jersey American male jazz musicians