# Event Details

- **Event Name**: (SOLD_OUT) Pasquale Grasso
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: “The best guitar player I’ve heard in maybe my entire life is floating

around now, Pasquale Grasso,” Pat Metheny

Born in Italy and now based in New York City, 30-year- old Pasquale Grasso has developed an astounding technique and concept informed not by jazz guitarists so much as by bebop pioneers like Powell, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie and the classical-guitar tradition. His new digital-only EP series, available beginning in June from Sony Masterworks, showcases Grasso in the solo-guitar format, where his intensive studies of both midcentury jazz and classical meld into a signature mastery that is, remarkably, at once unprecedented and evocative. But whom does it evoke? After a surface listen, Joe Pass and his essential Virtuoso LPs might come to mind. Now listen again. The sparkling, immaculately balanced tone; the tasteful tinges of stride and boogie-woogie rhythm; the stunning single-note lines that connect his equally striking use of chordal harmony—for Grasso, great solo arranging equals Art Tatum. 

Many serious guitar heads have been hip to Grasso for a while now and are aware of his jaw-dropping online performance videos, his beautiful custom instrument -- built in France by Trenier Guitars -- and his early career triumphs. In 2015, he won the Wes Montgomery International Jazz Guitar Competition in New York City, taking home a $5,000 prize and performing with guitar legend Pat Martino’s organ trio. Last year at D.C.’s Kennedy Center, as part of the NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert, Grasso participated in a special performance to honor Pat Metheny, alongside his guitar-wunderkind peers Dan Wilson, Camila Meza, Gilad Hekselman and Nir Felder. These days, Grasso teaches and maintains a packed gig schedule around New York, including frequent solo performances at the popular Greenwich Village haunt Mezzrow, where a regular Monday-night gig allowed him to develop his solo-arranging skillset. Not that Grasso thinks his work is done. “All [of the musicians I love are] inspiration for me to get new ideas and form my style, because it’s still growing,” Pasquale says. “And it’s gonna be growing until the day I die.”
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/durham/sold_out-pasquale-grasso/200030424501947
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, performances, art, contests
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Durham
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 4608 Industry Ln, Ste L, Durham, NC, United States, North Carolina 27713
- **lat**: 35.94128
- **long**: -78.90194
- **full address**: 4608 Industry Ln, Ste L, Durham, NC, United States, North Carolina 27713

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is (SOLD_OUT) Pasquale Grasso being held?
  - **A:** (SOLD_OUT) Pasquale Grasso takes place on Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm at 4608 Industry Ln, Ste L, Durham, NC, United States, North Carolina 27713.
- **Q**: Who is organizing (SOLD_OUT) Pasquale Grasso?
  - **A:** (SOLD_OUT) Pasquale Grasso is organized by Sharp 9 Gallery.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** (SOLD_OUT) Pasquale Grasso is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Durham, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If (SOLD_OUT) Pasquale Grasso sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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