Take Pat Metheny, who described the Italian-born/NYC-based guitarist as “the best guitar player I’ve heard in maybe my entire ...

Bright lights, big city, great music — that’s New York for you. It’s one of the global epicenters for jazz and jazz musicians. Why else would guitarist Pasquale Grasso up and leave his home country of ...

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 ...

The Italian-born guitarist Pasquale Grasso is set to perform alongside vocalist Samara Joy with his Quartet: Ben Patterson on piano, Ari Rolland on bass, and Keith Balla on drums, opening the 27th ...

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced their upcoming schedule of performances running October 13–26, 2025, showcasing an all-star lineup of acclaimed artists including Ron Carter, ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Acclaimed guitarist Pasquale Grasso will give a free performance and master class Friday at Youngstown State University. The Italian musician has been called “the best guitar player I’ve ...

The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts kicks off its spring 2021 digital season with two rising jazz stars, vocalist Samara Joy and guitarist Pasquale Grasso, who make their Annenberg Center ...

Submitted by the Orcas Center. The incredibly versatile guitarist Frank Vignola teams up with rising jazz guitar star Pasquale Grasso to create a unique and intimate musical experience on Friday, Jan.

There’s something to be said when, in 2022, a guitarist born in 1988 in southern Italy releases a bass-and-drums trio recording titled “Be-Bop” (Sony Masterworks), housing 10 selections consisting ...

It is often said—rather nastily—that nobody can name five famous Belgians. Jazz fans can certainly name one: harmonicist Toots Thielemans. Thielemans, who in 2014 announced his retirement at the age ...

In the world of jazz and jazz-influenced popular music, guitar players have one major thing in common with male singers: The overwhelming majority of both seem to be either Italian American or African ...