This is a trio with drums, percussions, glockenspiel, guitar and a bass player who plays the acoustic bass. The group has recorded one CD.
The music of the group is basicly jazz with a repertory dedicated to Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, George Gershwin but there are also some references to the music of the Beatles, some score of famous film and the music of cartoons. The music is playes in a creative, colorated and psychadelic form, including the musicians ans the public.

Giampaolo Ascolese, drums, percussion and glockenspiel;
Dario Lapenna, guitar;
Gianluca Renzi, acoustic bass.

This is a tipical "World music" group. It's a quintet with marimba, drums, acoustic bass, soprano sax. The group plays all music where the percussions can be used as leader: brasilian music, tango, milonga, italian "tarantella" and "saltarello", music from the Mediterranean sea and music from North Africa.
The group has recorded 2 CD.

Giampaolo Ascolese, drums, vibrafono;
Rodolfo Rossi, marimba, percussion;
Filiberto Palermini, sax;
Gerardo Iacoucci, piano, keyboards, fisarmonica;
Elio Tatti, acoustic and electric bass;
Anita Pusceddu, voice, percussion.

"Tasco & Blasco" è il primo gruppo dove, dopo circa 25 anni si trovano di nuovo insieme i fratelli Ascolese, Michele alla chitarra e Giampaolo alla batteria.
E' un gruppo di musica prettamente swing, che non disdegna però l'omaggio agli standard del jazz, alle canzoni degli anni ' 50 del repertorio di Chet Baker ed anche del repertorio della musica Italiana.

Giampaolo Ascolese, batteria;
Michele Ascolese, chitarra;
Elio Tatti, contrabbasso;
Blasco Mirabella, voce.

With this great american pianist, who was the pianist of Phil Woods, since 10 years, Giampaolo Ascolese recorded 4 album, one with Chet Baker.
The repertory is from Bud Powell, Thelenious Monk, to many original of Mike Melillo.

Mike Melillo, piano, composer;
Massimo Moriconi, acoustic bass;
Giampaolo Ascolese, drums.

Il progetto multimediale è in collaborazione con il LABORATORIO TEATRO ORVIETO e descrive alcune tra le più belle pagine del libro di GEOFF DYERS "Natura morta con custodia di sax" nel progetto le immagini visive si alternano con la recitazione e la musica eseguita sia dal vivo che riprodoptta con storiche registrazioni.

Giampaolo Ascolese, batteria;
Max Ionata, sax;
Gianluca Renzi, contrabbasso;
Alberto Rossatti, voce recitante;
Massimo Achilli, progetto visivo;
Roberto Marini, montaggio video.

This is a classical group, that plays the music of Claude Bolling, Astor Piazzolla, Lennon, Mc Cartney and others great composer.
Giorgio Zagnoni is one of the best flutist in the world; the group performered in Brasil, England, Luxembourg, Canada, Argentina, North America (in Chicago and in New York at the Carnagie Hall).
The group has 2 CD, one recorded live in Luxembourg.

Giorgio Zagnoni, flute;
Stefano Malferrari, piano;
Giampaolo Ascolese, drums;
Elio Tatti, acoustic bass.

This is alse a classical-contemporary group, where the are many influences of ethnic music from Brasil, Italy and North Africa.
Half of the repertory is also dedicated to the music of J.S.Bach and Niccolò Paganini.
The group has recorded 3 albums.

Rino Vernizzi, bassoon;
Corrado Giuffredi, clarinet;
Giampaolo Ascolese, drums.