Ralph Alessi Quintet – Live At The London, Vortex (2003)

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Ralph Alesi Quintet – Live at The London Vortex 2003
Original Design by – ART&JAZZ Studio ’09
Recorded live at the Vortex, London 2003

Don Byron – clarinet
Drew Gress – bass
Andy Milne – piano
Mark Ferber – drums
Ralph Alessi  – trumpet

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Jazz Times magazine says Alessi has “drop-dead trumpet chops” and calls his music “as clean and airy and sophisticated and disciplined as post-modern progressive jazz gets. ” Ralph Alessi was born in San Francisco, CA, the son of classical trumpeter Joe Alessi and opera singer Maria Leone. (Brother Joe Jr. is principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic, and Ralph himself freelanced as a classical player as he was coming up through the ranks.) But after taking degrees in jazz trumpet and bass—he studied under the legendary Charlie Haden at CalArts—he lit out for New York, where he swiftly became an ubiquitous presence on the downtown scene.

Since 1991, trumpeter/composer/educator Ralph Alessi has been an active member of the New York jazz and improvised music scene as both sideman and leader. Called “ …a highly-in-demand, adventurous virtuoso who can handle just about anything ” (L.A. Weekly), Alessi has performed and recorded with the likes of Steve Coleman , Uri Caine , Don Byron , Ravi Coltrane , Sam Rivers , Drew Gress , Fred Hersch and many other of the great innovators in improvised music.

As a leader, Alessi has four recordings to his name: Hissy Fit , Vice Virtue , This Against That (voted one of the top ten records of 2002 by Jazz Times) and the recently released, Look featuring his band, This Against That . In the coming year he will release two more recordings, one being a quartet project featuring Jason Moran .

As an educator, Alessi has been a member of the faculties at Five Towns College and the Eastman School of Music . He is currently the founder and director of the School for Improvisational Music, a non- profit entity currently holding improvisational music workshops in Brooklyn. Since 2002, he has been on the jazz faculty at New York University .

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