Joe Ascione

Joe Ascione
Born (1961-03-14)March 14, 1961
Brooklyn, New York
Died March 11, 2016(2016-03-11) (aged 54)
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments drums

Joe Ascione (March 14, 1961 – March 11, 2016) was an American jazz drummer.[1]

Ascione began playing drums at age 2. His parents bought him his first drum set at age 4, and he was playing professionally by the time he was 12. As a teenager, he was a roadie for Buddy Rich. Ascione has been on about 70 recordings to date.

Ascione performed, recorded or toured with musicians from the worlds of jazz, rock and pop including Cab Calloway, Donald Fagen, Della Reese, David Grisman, George Coleman, Billy Mitchell, Flip Phillips, Al Hirt, Dr. John, Phoebe Snow, Jon Hendricks, Dick Hyman, Joey DeFrancesco and Herb Ellis. He died on March 11, 2016 at the age of 54.[2]

Partial discography

References

  1. http://www.drumsoloartist.com/Site/Drummers3/Joe_Ascione.html
  2. http://www.giovefuneralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=1759868

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