Ralph Alessi
Ralph Peter Alessi (born March 6, 1963) is a jazz trumpeter and composer who is an ECMrecording artist. He has recorded and performed with Steve Coleman, Uri Caine, Ravi Coltrane, Fred Hersch, and Don Byron.[1]
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ralph Peter Alessi |
| Born | March 5, 1963 San Francisco, California |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Jazz musician, composer |
| Instruments | Trumpet |
| Associated acts | Steve Coleman, Uri Caine, Ravi Coltrane, Fred Hersch and Don Byron |
Alessi is also the founder and director of the School for Improvisational Music and is on faculty at University of the Arts Bern and Siena Jazz University. His older brother Joseph Alessi is a classical trombonist.
Select discography
- Hissy Fit (1999, Love Slave)
- This Against That (2002, RKM)
- Vice & Virtue (2002, RKM)
- Look (2007, Between the Lines)
- Open Season (2009, RKM)
- Cognitive Dissonance (2010, CAM Jazz)
- Wiry Strong (2011, Clean Feed)
- Only Many (2013, CAM Jazz)
- Baida (2013, ECM)
- Quiver (2016, ECM)
- Imaginary Friends (2018, ECM)
As sideman
With David Ake
- Bridges (Posi-Tone, 2013)
- Humanities (Posi-Tone, 2018)
With Don Byron
- You are #6 (Blue Note, 2001)
- Ivey Divey (Blue Note, 2006)
With Michael Cain
- Circa (ECM, 1996)
With Uri Caine
- The Sidewalks of New York: Tin Pan Alley (Winter & Winter, 1999)
- Gustav Mahler in Toblach (Winter & Winter, 1999)
- The Goldberg Variations (Winter & Winter, 2000)
- Gustav Mahler: Dark Flame (Winter & Winter, 2003)
- Shelf-Life (Winter & Winter, 2005)
- Uri Caine Ensemble Plays Mozart (Winter & Winter, 2006)
- The Othello Syndrome (Winter & Winter, 2009)
- Rhapsody in Blue (Winter & Winter, 2013)
With James Carney
- Fables from the Aqueduct (1994, Jacaranda)
- Offset Rhapsody (1997, Jacaranda)
- Ways & Means (2009, Songlines)
With Steve Coleman
- A Tale of 3 Cities (Novus/BMG, 1994)
- Myths, Modes, and Means (Novus/BMG, 1995)
- The Way of the Cipher (Novus/BMG, 1995)
- The Sign and the Seal (BMG, 1996)
- Genesis (BMG, 1997)
- The Sonic Language of Myth (BMG, 1999)
- Lucidarium (Label Bleu, 2003)
With Ravi Coltrane
- Moving Pictures (RCA/BMG, 1998)
- From the Round Box (RCA, 2000)
- Spirit Fiction (Blue Note, 2012)
With Scott Colley
- Architect of the Silent Moment (CAM Jazz, 2005 [2007])
- Empire (CAM Jazz, 2010)
With David Gilmore
- Ritualism (2000, Kashka)
With Drew Gress
- 7 Black Butterflies (Premonition, Koch, 2005)
- The Irrational Numbers (Premonition, 2007)
- The Sky Inside (Pirouet, 2013)
With Fred Hersch
- Leaves of Grass (2005, Palmetto)
- Live from the Jazz Standard/ Fred Hersch Pocket Orchestra (2009, Palmetto)
- Trio plus 2 (Palmetto)
- Songs Without Words (2009, Nonesuch)
With Jason Moran
- Artist in Residence (Blue Note, 2006)
With Enrico Pieranunzi
- Proximity (2015, CamJazz)
With Lonnie Plaxico
With Sam Rivers
- Culmination (1998, RCA)
- Inspiration (1999, RCA)
With Others
- Polarities - Peter Epstein (2014)
- Lucent Waters - Florian Weber (2018, ECM)
- Better than Silver and Gold - Yelena Eckemoff (2018)
References
- Collar, Matt. "Ralph Alessi | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
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