| Baida | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 10, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | October 2012 | |||
| Studio | Avatar, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 59:12 | |||
| Label | ECM 2321 | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
| Ralph Alessi chronology | ||||
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Baida is an album by trumpeter Ralph Alessi recorded in October 2012 and released on ECM September the following year. The quartet features rhythm section Jason Moran, Drew Gress and Nasheet Waits. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| The Guardian |   [2] |
John Fordham, writing for The Guardian , commented, "occasionally the whole set sounds eerily like the mid-60s Miles Davis quintet reinvented as a shyly slinky, contemporary-cool-jazz tribute." [2]
All About Jazz correspondent John Kelman commented "More open, more translucent and somehow more intrinsically pure, Baida welcomes Alessi to a label whose instinctive ability to find and draw out good music where it lives remains both unparalleled and fundamental to its ongoing success and reputation." [3]
All compositions by Ralph Alessi
Ralph Alessi is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and ECM recording artist. Alessi is known as a virtuosic performer whose critically-acclaimed projects include his Baida Quartet, with Jason Moran, Drew Gress, and Nasheet Waits, and This Against That, his quintet with Andy Milne, Gress, Mark Ferber, and Ravi Coltrane. Alessi has also recorded and performed with artists including Steve Coleman, Uri Caine, Fred Hersch, and Don Byron.
Drew Gress is an American jazz double-bassist and composer born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in the Philadelphia area.
Nasheet Waits is an American jazz drummer.
The Jewel in the Lotus is the debut album by jazz woodwind player Bennie Maupin, recorded in march 1974 and released on ECM later that year. The sextet's rhythm section consists pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Buster Williams and percussionists Billy Hart, Freddie Waits and Bill Summers, with guest appearances from trumpeter Charles Sullivan. The title is a translation of the Buddhist mantra Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ.
I Have the Room Above Her is an album by jazz drummer Paul Motian recorded in April 2004 released on ECM January the following year. The trio features guitarist Bill Frisell and tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano, their first release since At the Village Vanguard in 1995.
The Door is the debut studio album by Norwegian trumpeter, composer and multi-instrumentalist Mathias Eick recorded in September 2007 and released on ECM in August the following year.
Spirit Fiction is a sixth solo album by jazz saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, released on July 19, 2012. His solo on the track "Cross Roads" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo for the 2013 ceremony.
Hagar's Song is an album by saxophonist Charles Lloyd and pianist Jason Moran recorded in April 2012 and released on ECM February the following year.
Orvieto is a live album by pianists Chick Corea and Stefano Bollani recorded in Italy in 2010 and released on the ECM label.
Lost in a Dream is a live album by jazz drummer Paul Motian, recorded at the Village Vanguard in February 2009 and released on ECM the following year. It features tenor saxophonist Chris Potter and pianist Jason Moran.
Rava on the Dance Floor is a live album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava with Parco della Musica Jazz Lab, performing songs by Michael Jackson recorded in Italy in 2011 and released on the ECM label.
All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller is an album by Jason Moran paying tribute to pianist/composer Fats Waller which was released on the Blue Note label.
Obbligato is the third album by American jazz drummer Tom Rainey, which was recorded in 2013 and released by Intakt Records. He leads a quintet with the same lineup as the collective LARK quartet, expanded by Drew Gress on bass. The album features a selection of standards, most of them taken from the Great American Songbook.
Cross My Palm with Silver is an album by Israeli trumpeter and composer Avishai Cohen recorded in France in September 2016 and released on ECM Maynthe following year. The quartet features rhythm section Yonathan Avishai, Barak Mori, and Nasheet Waits.
Into the Silence is an album by Israeli trumpeter and composer Avishai Cohen recorded in France in 2015 and released on the ECM label the following year.
Same Mother is the sixth album by American pianist and composer Jason Moran which was released on the Blue Note label in 2005.
Artist in Residence is an album by pianist/composer Jason Moran recorded in 2006 and released on the Blue Note label. The album features compositions commissioned by the Walker Art Center, the Dia Art Foundation and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Ten is the eighth album by American pianist and composer Jason Moran, released on the Blue Note label in 2010. It was titled to celebrate the tenth year of Moran’s trio, and also refers to the year the album was released.
The Purity of the Turf is a studio album led by American jazz pianist Ethan Iverson. The album was recorded in 2016 and released by the Criss Cross Jazz label on September 16, 2016.
Travel Guide is an album by guitarists Ralph Towner, Wolfgang Muthspiel, and Slava Grigoryan recorded in Switzerland in August 2012 and released on ECM September the following year.
