Ralph Alessi - Imaginary Friends (2019)

Ralph Alessi Imaginary Friends 2019 - ECM Records GmbH, München: ECM 2629 / 770 1817 https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/1542275038  * Ralph Alessi : trumpet * Ravi Coltrane : tenor saxophone, sopranino saxophone * Andy Milne : piano * Drew Gress : double bass * Mark Ferber : drums http://www.ralphalessi.com/ http://www.ravicoltrane.com/ https://www.andymilne.com/ http://www.drewgress.com/ http://markferber.bluemusicgroup.com/ Recorded by Nicolas Baillard at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes-les-Fontaines, Carpentras, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, on May 2018. Reviews  by George W. Harris https://www.jazzweekly.com/2019/02/ralph-alessi-imaginary-friends-2/ Trumpeter and leader forms a rich post modern team of Ravi Coltrane/ss-ts, Andy Milne/p, Drew Gress/b and Mark Ferber/dr on this latest ambitious release. Alessi’s horn is wide ranging in its expressiveness, gasping in the shadows of “Pittance” sighing with Coltrane’s tenor during “Good Boy” and lurking with Milne on “Around the Corner.” The team gets muscular and assertive on “Melee” with Alessi blowing brightly and Coltrane’s soprano delivering frisky ideas along the galloping groove, while the team is declaratory during the title track. The harmonies of the two horns create some rich 3 dimensional textures as on the pastoral “Tide” and elliptical “Improper Authorities” with the Ferber and Gress keeping the stallions roped in. Impressive modern emotions. -- By Matt Collar https://www.allmusic.com/album/imaginary-friends-mw0003235097 By Derek Taylor https://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/182429052622/ralph-alessi-imaginary-friends-ecm By Mike Jurkovic https://www.allaboutjazz.com/imaginary-friends-ralph-alessi-ecm-records-review-by-mike-jurkovic.php By Filipe Freitas https://jazztrail.net/blog/ralph-alessi-imaginary-friends-album-review By Mike Shanley https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/ralph-alessi-imaginary-friends/ By Tyran Grillo https://ecmreviews.com/2019/03/30/imaginary-friends/ Dr. Nagy Sándor (hu) https://www.jazzma.hu/lemezpolc/kulfoldi-eloadok/alessi-ralph/imaginary-friends/kritika/alessi-ralph-imaginary-friends Dionizy Piątkowski (pl) https://jazz.pl/ralph-alessi-imaginary-friends-ecm-records/ Andrzej Kalinowski (pl) https://www.jazzarium.pl/przeczytaj/recenzje/imaginary-friends Ivan Rod (dk) http://www.ivanrod.dk/2019/02/01/ralph-alessi-imaginary-friends/ Peter Füssl (de) https://www.kulturzeitschrift.at/kritiken/cd-tipp/ralph-alessi-imaginary-friends Par Guillaume Bourgault-Côté (fr) https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/554059/vitrine-musique-imaginary-friends-ralph-alessi Por «el intruso» (es) https://elintruso.com/los-amigos-imaginarios-de-ralph-alessi/ Por De LinCab (es) http://cabezademoog.blogspot.com/2019/02/ralph-alessi-imaginary-friends-2019.html Por I.Ortega (es) http://www.distritojazz.com/discos-jazz/ralph-alessi-imaginary-friends