Since 1991, trumpeter/composer/educator Ralph Alessi has been an active member of the
New York jazz and improvised music scene as both sideman and leader. Called “…a
highly-in-demand, adventurous virtuoso who can handle just about anything” (L.A.
Weekly), Alessi has performed and recorded with the likes of Steve Coleman, Uri Caine,
Don Byron, Ravi Coltrane, Sam Rivers, Drew Gress, Fred Hersch and many other of the
great innovators in improvised music. As a leader, Alessi has four recordings to his name: Hissy Fit, Vice Virtue , This Against


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