Pete Lavezzoli

Pete Lavezzoli (also credited as Peter Lavezzoli) is an American drummer and author known for interpreting Grateful Dead repertoire with jazz improvisation. He is the drummer in the 2023-present lineup of the instrumental Grateful Dead tribute band Jazz Is Dead alongside Alphonso Johnson, Steve Kimock and Bobby Lee Rodgers, and has performed/recorded with Oteil Burbridge (Lovely View of Heaven, 2023), Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson (Back Around, 2013), Stu Allen & Friends, and The Gilmour Project. He is also the author of The Dawn of Indian Music in the West (2006), a widely cited study of Indian music's influence on Western music.