Name: Imaginary Friends
Brand: Ralph Alessi

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7701817

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Limited edition

Release date

2019-02-08

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0602577018176

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Artist

Ralph Alessi

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Jazz

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Trumpeter Ralph Alessi’s first two ECM albums as a leader - Baida (2013) and Quiver (2016) - justly earned him high praise. The New York Times lauded the “elegant precision and power” of Baida, while The Guardian extolled Quiver, pointing to the leader’s “flawless technique and ability to draw on jazz tradition while avoiding its cliches.” After those quartet discs, Alessi’s third ECM album, Imaginary Friends, presents him fronting a long time working quintet in its first recording since 2010. Alessi’s bandmates include a kindred spirit in saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, a studio and stage partner of the trumpeter’s since they were students together at the California Institute of the Arts in the late ‘80s. They are joined by pianist Andy Milne and drummer Mark Ferber, both making their ECM debuts, plus bassist Drew Gress, who played on Baida and Quiver.

Imaginary Friends

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