Pasquale became Harris’ guitar teaching assistant and has conducted workshops in Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, Holland, and Slovenia.

[3] In 2008 Pasquale studied under Walter Zanetti[4] at Bologna’s Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini and earned a degree in classical guitar.

[1] Here he developed his own approach to jazz guitar, combining classical tradition with Chuck Wayne’s modern technique.

Later that year, Pasquale was named a Jazz Ambassador for the U.S. State Department, and toured on behalf of the embassy[8] in Europe, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Lithuania, Ukraine, and other places.

"[11] In 2016 Pat Metheny told Vintage Guitar magazine that Grasso was “the best guitar player I’ve heard in maybe my entire life.”[12] In 2017, Pasquale signed with Sony Masterworks and, working with producer Matt Pierson, recorded a series of solo recordings, released as digital EPs, beginning in 2019 and starting with Solo Standards Vol.

[25] He has had residencies at New York City clubs including Django in TriBeCa, Tartina in Harlem and Mezzrow in the West Village.