With Ralph Alessi JRLP038 Right out of the gate

Right out of the gate

and regular collaborator Danny Templeman fills out the percussion palette

Ant (Atmosphere)

and others

Donald Byrd brings Hard Bop to Paris at the Olympia Theatre in 1958

With Ralph Alessi JRLP038 Right out of the gateDanish drummer and composer Terkel Nrgaard presents his group consisting of some of the key players in the Copenhagen scene and adding ECM recording American star trumpeter Ralph Alessi on the lineup. Not merely a "feature", Alessi and the Danes form a coherent band unit capable of producing memorable and highly inspired contemporary jazz which links to the Nordic tradition of dynamic sound ranging from delicate minimalism to powerful avantgarde