PAUL
ASARO
Photo Scrapbook
Paul Asaro Trio
Paul Scavarda, Paul
Asaro, Scott Black
In 2000 I formed a touring trio for Allied Concert Services.
This combination worked great musically and as an easy traveling
unit (no bass or drums).
We toured for two seasons and made two live recordings.
Scott Black, Craig Ventresco,
Paul Asaro
In 2006 I was able to get the trio back together again, this time
with the incredible
Craig Ventresco
on guitar replacing Paul Scavarda who was playing an extended job
in Japan.
Short bios...
Bringing forth images of Blind
Blake, Lemon Jefferson and other street performers, guitarist Craig
Ventresco formed the well known Bay Area group "Bo Grumpus"
in the late 1980s, was prominently featured in the soundtracks of
the films "Crumb" and "Ghost World", and has
recorded several CDs under his own name as a soloist.
Cornetist Scott Black
played alongside and was good friends with such jazz immortals as
Eddie Condon, Jimmy McPartland and Roy Eldridge while an up and
coming horn man in New York City. Scott toured and recorded with
Leon Redbone for 24 years, served as bandleader aboard the Delta
Queen Steamboat and spent 10 years in New Orleans playing with just
about everybody. He is also one of the world's leading experts on
the life of legendary cornetist Bix Beiderbecke.
Paul Asaro is recognized
internationally as one of the leading exponents of the Stride piano
style as well as ragtime and the classic jazz of Jelly Roll Morton.
He tours regularly with the legendary Leon Redbone, as a soloist
and with his trio. He is currently based in Champaign.
Photo Scrapbook
Paul Asaro Trio
Paul Scavarda, Paul
Asaro, Scott Black
In 2000 I formed a touring trio for Allied Concert Services.
This combination worked great musically and as an easy traveling
unit (no bass or drums).
We toured for two seasons and made two live recordings.
Scott Black, Craig Ventresco,
Paul Asaro
In 2006 I was able to get the trio back together again, this time
with the incredible
Craig Ventresco
on guitar replacing Paul Scavarda who was playing an extended job
in Japan.
Short bios...
Bringing forth images of Blind
Blake, Lemon Jefferson and other street performers, guitarist Craig
Ventresco formed the well known Bay Area group "Bo Grumpus"
in the late 1980s, was prominently featured in the soundtracks of
the films "Crumb" and "Ghost World", and has
recorded several CDs under his own name as a soloist.
Cornetist Scott Black
played alongside and was good friends with such jazz immortals as
Eddie Condon, Jimmy McPartland and Roy Eldridge while an up and
coming horn man in New York City. Scott toured and recorded with
Leon Redbone for 24 years, served as bandleader aboard the Delta
Queen Steamboat and spent 10 years in New Orleans playing with just
about everybody. He is also one of the world's leading experts on
the life of legendary cornetist Bix Beiderbecke.
Paul Asaro is recognized
internationally as one of the leading exponents of the Stride piano
style as well as ragtime and the classic jazz of Jelly Roll Morton.
He tours regularly with the legendary Leon Redbone, as a soloist
and with his trio. He is currently based in Champaign.
2000 tour: we come across a field of classic cars somewhere in the
Dakotas.
We had to stop...
Recording at the Blind
Pig, Champaign, IL, 2006
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