Ralph Alessi

Ralph Alessi
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Styles: Avant-Garde, M-Base, Post-Bop, Modern Creative
Biography: A strong proponent of the avant-garde jazz scene, trumpeter and occasional bassist Ralph Alessi first began studying classical trumpet with his father. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Alessi eventually found freelance jobs with various chamber ensembles as well as work with the San Francisco ...Read full biography
This Against That
Released: 2002
Label: RKM
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Trumpeter Ralph Alessi convenes a quintet on this adventurous date, one of two concurrent releases on Ravi Coltrane's RKM label (the other being the duo disc Vice & Virtue). Joined by Don Byron on clarinet, ...Read full review
Vice & Virtue
Released: 2002
Label: RKM
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Vice & Virtue is an absorbing duo session featuring trumpeter Ralph Alessi and drummer Shane Endsley, with trombonist Tim Albright guesting on four tracks and Endsley doubling on trumpet (mostly on those ...Read full review
More Ralph Alessi albums: Main Albums (5)
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