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Joe Ascione

Joe Ascione, born March 14, 1961, in Brooklyn, New York, was an American jazz drummer. He began playing drums at age two, received his first drum set at age four, and was playing professionally by age 12. As a teenager, he worked as a roadie for Buddy Rich, whom he cited alongside Gene Krupa and Philly Joe Jones as key musical influences. Throughout his career, Ascione performed, recorded, and toured with musicians across jazz, rock, and pop, including Cab Calloway, Donald Fagen, Della Reese, David Grisman, George Coleman, Flip Phillips, Dr. John, Phoebe Snow, Dick Hyman, Joey De...