Ralph Alessi

Ralph Alessi

Ralph Alessi 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. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0cfoxq95ldte~T2] Alessi is also the founder and director of the School for Improvisational Music and is on faculty at New York University.

elect discography

*"Look" (2007, Between the Lines Records)
*"Vice & Virtue" (2002, RKM Records)
*"This Against that" (2002, RKM)
*"Hissy Fit" (2002, Love Slave Records)


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