Ralph Alessi

Trumpeter, composer

Born: 5 March 1963
San Francisco
Country: United States
Discography: 2 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 2 albums, from “Only Many” (2013) 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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