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Ralph Alessi
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Trumpeters · b. 1963

Ralph Alessi

Trumpeter, composer

Born
5 March 1963
San Francisco
Country
United States
Discography
18 albums

Biography

Ralph Alessi is a jazz musician who plays trumpet. Ralph Alessi was born on 5 March 1963 in San Francisco. The music is usually filed under jazz. The discography here lists 18 albums, from “Hissy Fit” (1999) to “A Sun That Never Sets” (2026).

Ralph Alessi (born March 5, 1963) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and ECM recording artist. Alessi is known as a virtuosic performer whose critically-acclaimed projects include his Baida Quartet, with Jason Moran, Drew Gress, and Nasheet Waits, and This Against That, his quintet with Andy Milne, Gress, Mark Ferber, and Ravi Coltrane. Alessi has also recorded and performed with artists including Steve Coleman, Uri Caine, Fred Hersch, and Don Byron. Alessi is known for his work as an educator, and in 2001 he founded the School for Improvisational Music in Brooklyn, New York. He has taught at the Eastman School of Music, NYU, NEC, the University of Nevada, Reno, Siena Jazz University, and University of the Arts Bern.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Hissy Fit 1999
This Against That 2002
Vice & Virtue 2003
Anastomosi 2006
Look 2006
Open Season 2008
Cognitive Dissonance 2010
Live at the Pizza Express 2012 · Live
Baida 2013
Only Many 2013
Newswok 2014
Quiver 2016
Imaginary Friends 2019
Terkel Nørgaard With Ralph Alessi 2019
Totem 2020
It's Always Now 2023
Lovely Music 2024
A Sun That Never Sets 2026 · ECM Records

Also plays on

Albums where Ralph Alessi is credited as a sideman

1997 Genesis & The Opening of the Way — Steve Coleman featuring the groups The Council of Balance and Five Elements trumpet
1998 Moving Pictures — Ravi Coltrane trumpet
1999 The Sonic Language of Myth — Steve Coleman trumpet
2000 From the Round Box — Ravi Coltrane brass
2001 You Are #6 — Don Byron trumpet
2004 Ivey-Divey — Don Byron trumpet
2006 Artist in Residence — Jason Moran trumpet
2012 Spirit Fiction — Ravi Coltrane trumpet
2015 Proximity — Enrico Pieranunzi cornet, flugelhorn, trumpet

Frequently asked questions

What instrument does Ralph Alessi play?

Ralph Alessi is known for playing trumpet.

When and where was Ralph Alessi born?

Ralph Alessi was born 5 March 1963 in San Francisco.

What are Ralph Alessi's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include A Sun That Never Sets (2026), Hissy Fit (1999), This Against That (2002), Vice & Virtue (2003) and Anastomosi (2006).

External links

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