Joe Ascione

Who is Joe Ascione?

Joe Ascione is an American jazz drummer.

Ascione began playing drums at age 2. His parents bought him his first drum set at age 4, and he was playing professionally by the time he was 12. As a teenager, he served as a roadie for Buddy Rich. Ascione has been on about 70 recordings to date.

Ascione has performed, recorded, or toured with musicians from the worlds of jazz, rock, and pop including Cab Calloway, Donald Fagen, Della Reese, David Grisman, George Coleman, Billy Mitchell, Flip Phillips, Al Hirt, Dr. John, Phoebe Snow, Jon Hendricks, Dick Hyman, Joey DeFrancesco, and Herb Ellis.