Alan Pasqua

Pianist and keyboardist Alan Pasqua is an adept performer and educator with a bent toward sophisticated post-bop jazz. Along with his own jazz trio recordings, Pasqua's gritty organ riffs and synth textures can be heard on hits by Eddie Money and Giant. He's also done studio work with Bob Dylan, Carlos Santana, Pat Benatar, and Sammy Hagar, to name only a few. Since making his solo leader debut with 1996's Dedications, he's released more than 25 albums as a leader and in collaboration with artists ranging from drummer Peter Erskine (his most frequent recording partner) and Allan Holdsworth to Darek Oleszkiewicz and Chad Wackerman. Among his most notable titles are the aforementioned recording, 1999's Russian Peasant, 2007's The Anti-Social Club, 2009's Blues for Tony, 2017's Northern Lights, and 2020's Day Dream. In 2026 he re-teamed with Erskine and bassist Scott Colley on the drummer's Peregrine.