Ralph Alessi
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Ralph Alessi (born 1963[1] in San Francisco, California[2]) is a jazz trumpeter and composer originally from San Rafael, California, probably better known for being a member of bands led by saxophonist Steve Coleman. He has also performed with a host of others musicians, including Uri Caine, Ravi Coltrane, Fred Hersch and Don Byron, among others.[1] Alessi is also the founder and director of the School for Improvisational Music and is on faculty at New York University and New England Conservatory.
Select discography
- Quiver (2016, ECM)
- Baida (2013, ECM)
- Only Many (2013, CAMJazz)
- Wiry Strong (2011, CleanFeed)
- Cognitive Dissonance (2010, CAMJazz)
- Open Season (2009, RKM Records)
- Look (2007, Between the Lines Records)
- Vice & Virtue (2002, RKM Records)
- This Against That (2002, RKM)
- Hissy Fit (1999, Love Slave Records)
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)
