Named for Alessi ’s 2007 album This Against That, a recording that made JazzTimes magazine’s Top 10 for the year, the quintet features an impressive cast of New York’s most exploratory musicians including veteran bassist Drew Gress, pianist and M-BASE collective stalwart Andy Milne, and virtuoso drummer Mark Ferber. Made up of nine Alessi originals, Imaginary Friends marks the band’s …
Ralph Alessi . 2,887 likes · 12 talking about this. Jazz Times magazine says Alessi has drop-dead trumpet chops and calls his music as clean and airy and sophisticated and disciplined as…
RALPH ALESSI (Oct. 27, Joe Henderson Lab at SFJAZZ Center) On Imaginary Friends , his latest ECM album, Alessi reunites a band that first performed nearly two decades ago. The group, known as This Against That, includes pianist Andy Milne, bassist Drew Gress and drummer Mark Ferber.
Jason Moran w/ Ralph Alessi Baida Quartet | SFJAZZ . The opening night of Jason Moran’s week as Resident Artistic Director focuses on the sublime quartet assembled on San Francisco-born trumpeter Ralph Alessi ’s new ECM Records release, Baida. An incredibly dynamic ensemble described by The New York Times as “unstoppably inventive,” the …
Home » Events » Ralph Alessi ’s “This Against That” – Trumpeter and Composer – Early Concert October 27, 2019 MUSIC | Named for Ralph Alessi ‘s 2007 album This Against That, a recording that made JazzTimes magazine’s Top 10 for the year, the quintet features an impressive cast of New York’s most exploratory musicians.
The project centers on his eight-part “Exoskeleton” suite, a work that maintains an exhilarating balance between structure and freedom while referencing a century of multifarious orchestral jazz idioms. The ensemble features longtime Formanek collaborators Tim Berne, Ralph Alessi , and fellow bass master Mark Helias conducting the proceedings.
