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Gioele Pagliaccia

Human being, musician, multi instrumentalist, drummer, composer, educator and gardener. Plays with Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, Will Bernard, Joe Lally and many others

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Gioele Pagliaccia is a drummer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator raised between Italy and the United States.

Recognized for his versatility, he has collaborated with internationally renowned artists such as Joe Lally Rosa Brunello (Dee Dee Bridgewater) , Gianni Gebbia, Danilo Gallo, Alfonso Santimone, Will Bernard (Don Cherry, John Medeski, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Tom Waits), and many others.

Leader of the quartet Aut to Lunch, the only ensemble in Europe dedicated to reinterpreting the music of Eric Dolphy, and the hammond and drums combo IL DUO, he is appreciated both in the jazz scene and in rock and experimental music.

Since 2019, he has been a permanent member of the pioneering Afro-futurist group Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, with whom he has toured Europe and recorded the album Shaman! (Strut Records) at Malcolm Catto��s London studio.

Alongside his performing career, he is deeply committed to music education. For over twenty years, he has been teaching drums and percussion both privately and in institutions such as music academies. He leads the project ��TUTTO SUONA��, a percussion workshop using instruments built from recycled materials, and ��RADICI FLESSIBILI��, drum seminars for professionals. He also promotes ensemble music in schools in collaboration with the Museum of Music. Recently, he launched a project at the Juvenile Justice Center of Bologna to support young inmates through music.

Over the years, he has performed with artists such as Danilo Gallo, Alfonso Santimone, Daniele Santimone, Jack Yglesias, Federico Pierantoni, Filippo Vignato, Barry Guy, Henry Cook, Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, Vincenzo Vasi, Piero Bittolo Bon, Stefano Dallaporta, Joe Lally, Riccardo Di Vinci, Alberto Capelli, Michael Rosen, Michele Polga, Massimo Pupillo, Stefano Raffaelli, Scott Rosenberg, Will Bernard, Nick Garbett, Alex Fernet, Biagio Marino, Maurizio Zorzi, Giordano Grossi, Lorenzo Gasperoni, Blake Franchetto, Edoardo Marraffa, Filippo Cassanelli, Achille Succi, Lorenzo Gasperoni, Eterea Post Bong Band, Rosa Brunello, Camilla Battaglia, Dave Scott Stone, Gianni Gebbia, Mikaele Pellegrino, Lo Strano Frutto, Giacomo Ancillotto, Filippo Orefice, Cristiano De Fabritiis, Fabio ��Reeks�� Recchia, Renato Ciunfrini, Tony Cattano, Pasquale Innarella, Alessandro Lanzoni, Paul Santner, Amy Denio, Andrea Pesce, Andrea Ruocco, Ettore Martin, Massimo Giangrande, Andrea Biagioli, Giulio Campagnolo, Wil Blades, Daniele Tittarelli, Gerhard Gschl??l, Johannes Fink, Igor Osypov, Naomi Jean, Justin Falk, Eyal Lovett, Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, Antonio Gallucci, Fil Lorenz, Daniel Magay, Dj ?kapi, Roberto Bordiga, Paolo Bacchetta, Federico Pozzer, Roberto Bellatalla, Manlio Maresca, Marco Quaresimin, Riccardo Marogna, Sergio Gonzo, Luca Moresco, Glauco Benedetti, Alessandro Fongaro, and many others.

He has performed in Italy, the USA, France, Sweden, Turkey, England, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Poland, and Japan.

He is an endorser of Bosphorus Cymbals and Artbeat Sticks.

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My Jazz Story

I love jazz because it gives me the freedom to improvise and to be creative. It also taught me to the importance of listening on stage and in life in general. I was first exposed to it at the age of 8 through my step father whom listened to John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis. At age 15 I started listening to John Zorn's Masada, Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot and by the time I was 18 I got a hold of Albert Ayler's "Ghosts" and Eric Dolphy's "Out to Lunch". This certainly changed my life to the point that at age 24 I formed my own Eric Dolphy tribute band " Aut To Lunch" that is active to this day.