Listen now, Gather Later - Pasquale Grasso

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Listen now. Gather later.

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PASQUALE GRASSO

AVAILABLE 4.22.21

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Jefferson Center is grateful to patrons like you and our generous sponsors as we present the final entries in our Listen now, Gather later virtual series. In 2020, we welcomed six acclaimed acts to our Fostek and Shaftman stages for an exclusive digital series. Now, as we look with hope to a future of concerts -gathering in person with each other -- we’re pleased to bring this series to an exciting, dynamic close with content recorded from our own stages. As you enjoy this performance, we hope you share our enthusiasm and anticipation of what’s to come.

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PA S Q UA L E G R A S S O It was the kind of endorsement most rising guitarists can only dream of, and then some. In his interview for Vintage Guitar magazine’s February 2016 cover story, Pat Metheny was asked to name some younger musicians who’d impressed him. “The best guitar player I’ve heard in maybe my entire life is floating around now, Pasquale Grasso,” said the jazz-guitar icon and NEA Jazz Master. “This guy is doing something so amazingly musical and so difficult.”

“Mostly what I hear now are guitar players who sound a little bit like me mixed with a little bit of [John Scofield] and a little bit of [Bill Frisell],” he continued.

“What’s interesting about Pasquale is that he doesn’t sound anything like that at all. In a way, it is a little bit of a throwback, because his model—which is

an incredible model to have—is Bud Powell. He has somehow captured the essence of that language from piano onto guitar in a way that almost nobody has ever addressed. He’s the most significant new guy I’ve heard in many, many years.”

As he’s done with many rising jazz stars, Metheny later invited Grasso over to his New York pad to jam and share some wisdom. He’s since become a generous presence in Grasso’s life, and his assessment of Grasso’s playing is—no surprise—spot-on. Born in Italy and now based in New York City, the 30-yearold guitarist has developed an astounding technique and concept informed not by jazz guitarists so much as by bebop pioneers like Powell, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie and the classical-guitar tradition. read more at pasqualegrasso.com

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