It seems almost inevitable that Ricardo Pascal became “omnipresent” on the New Orleans music scene. As a student at Florida State University, the saxophonist got an earful about the city's jazz traditions under the guidance of drummer Leon Anderson, a Crescent City native and FSU's director of Jazz Studies. The professor was also having his students dig into compositions from some of this city's greats such as pianist Ellis Mars...
Ricardo Pascal. Photo courtesy of Ricardo Pascal Facebook.