Ralph Alessi

Ralph Alessi
Background information
Birth nameRalph Peter Alessi
Born (1963-03-05) March 5, 1963 (age 61)
San Francisco, California
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Jazz musician, composer
InstrumentTrumpet
LabelsECM, RKM

Ralph Alessi (born March 5, 1963) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and ECM recording artist.[1][2] Alessi is known as a virtuosic performer[3] whose critically-acclaimed projects include his Baida Quartet, with Jason Moran, Drew Gress, and Nasheet Waits,[4][5] and This Against That, his quintet with Andy Milne, Gress, Mark Ferber, and Ravi Coltrane.[6][7][8] Alessi has also recorded and performed with artists including Steve Coleman, Uri Caine, Fred Hersch, and Don Byron.[9][10]

Alessi is known for his work as an educator,[11] and in 2001 he founded the School for Improvisational Music in Brooklyn, New York.[1] He has taught at the Eastman School of Music, NYU, NEC,[12] the University of Nevada, Reno,[13] Siena Jazz University,[14] and University of the Arts Bern.

  1. ^ a b Chinen, Nate (8 March 2007). "Ralph Alessi's This Against That: In Spartan Space, Jazz in a Communal Mode". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Ralph Alessi". All About Jazz. 5 March 1963. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ Fordham, John (29 July 2010). "Jim Hart/Ralph Alessi". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  4. ^ Chinen, Nate (15 August 2010). "Ralph Alessi in a Quartet at the Jazz Standard". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. ^ Fitzell, Sean (February 2014). "Baida: Ralph Alessi (ECM)" (PDF). The New York City Jazz Record. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  6. ^ Shanley, Mike (25 April 2019). "Ralph Alessi: Imaginary Friends (ECM)". JazzTimes. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  7. ^ Ouellette, Dan (29 April 2019). "Ralph Alessi Reconvenes Ensemble for 'Imaginary Friends'". DownBeat.
  8. ^ Fitzell, Sean Patrick (10 April 2007). "Ralph Alessi & This Against That: Look". All About Jazz. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  9. ^ Layman, Will (13 May 2016). "Ralph Alessi: A Trumpet King for 2016". PopMatters.
  10. ^ Collar, Matt. "Ralph Alessi | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  11. ^ Chinen, Nate (19 June 2019). "The Gig: Brass Class". JazzTimes. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Ralph Alessi, Brian Levy join NEC jazz faculty". New England Conservatory. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Joseph and Ralph Alessi with the UNR Trombone Choir". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  14. ^ Laskey, Kevin (February 2020). "A Provocative Blend: Ralph Alessi Speaks". Jazz Speaks. The Jazz Gallery. Retrieved 26 August 2021.