Alan Pasqua

He co-composed the original CBS Evening News theme. He has also had an extensive career in pop and rock music, most notably as a founding member, keyboardist, and songwriter of the 1980s hard rock band Giant.

• Name — Alan Pasqua • Born — 28 June 1952 • Birthplace — New Jersey, U.S. • Genre — * Rock • hard rock • jazz • jazz fusion • Occupation — * Musician • composer • Instrument — * Keyboards • piano • Years Active — 1970s–present • Label — * Postcards • Cryptogramophone • Moonjune • BFM Jazz • Fuzzy • Arkadia Records • Blue Canoe Records • Past Member Of — Giant

Pasqua grew up in Roselle Park, New Jersey. He joined The New Tony Williams Lifetime and appeared on the albums Believe It and Million Dollar Legs. He then went on to perform with Eddie Money's band, after which he then joined Bob Dylan's band. Pasqua recorded two albums with Dylan (Bob Dylan at Budokan and Street-Legal). In the 1980s he performed with John Fogerty on the album Eye of the Zombie, with Starship on the album No Protection, with Allan Holdsworth on the album Sand, and joined Carlos Santana as keyboardist on Marathon, Zebop! and Havana Moon. Pasqua was married to actress Heather Langenkamp from 1984 until 1987. He was a founding member of the late-1980s rock band Giant, and he co-wrote the band's biggest hit, "I'll See You in My Dreams." In 2017 Pasqua provided the uncredited "background-y" piano accompaniment for Dylan's Nobel Prize for Literature recorded speech. He and Fiona Apple also played piano on Dylan's song Murder Most Foul, on his 2020 album Rough and Rowdy Ways.

• Blues for Tony with Allan Holdsworth, Jimmy Haslip and Chad Wackerman (Moonjune, 2009) • Standards 2: Movie Music with Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer, Darek Oles (Fuzzy Music, 2010) • The Interlochen Concert with Peter Erskine, Darek Oles (Fuzzy Music, 2010) – live • 3 Nights in L.A. with George Garzone, Peter Erskine and Darek Oles (Fuzzy Music, 2019)