Ralph Alessi

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. 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

• 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)

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