Francesca Han, Ralph Alessi – Exude (2025) [FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

Francesca Han, Ralph Alessi – Exude (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 47:19 minutes | 719 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © HANJI

The liner notes for Exude celebrate the exceptional musical dialogue between pianist Francesca Han and trumpeter Ralph Alessi, joining the lineage of iconic piano-trumpet duos such as Earl Hines and Louis Armstrong or Fred Hersch and Ralph Alessi. This collaboration is praised for its profound reciprocity, melodic sensitivity, and poetic intensity. Having previously worked together in New York, Han and Alessi demonstrate an extraordinary understanding, crafting a serene and structured musical universe. Their compositions are marked by beauty, fragility, and emotional depth, captured in an exceptional recording that enhances their artistry. Balancing technical mastery with heartfelt expression, the duo creates music that is demanding yet captivating, deeply moving, and irresistibly seductive. Jean-Paul Ricard, a jazz scholar and founder of AJMI, describes this album as a moment of grace and fulfillment in the art of the duo, urging listeners to savor its beauty and emotional power.

Tracklist:

1-1. Ralph Alessi – Apollo Tokyo (04:07)
1-2. Ralph Alessi – Sage Advice (03:49)
1-3. Ralph Alessi – Arirang (06:12)
1-4. Ralph Alessi – Camargue (03:48)
1-5. Ralph Alessi – Humdrum (04:51)
1-6. Francesca Han – They Agree (03:42)
1-7. Ralph Alessi – Throwing Like A Girl (03:58)
1-8. Ralph Alessi – Diagonal Lady (04:17)
1-9. Francesca Han – Present (Improvisation) (02:51)
1-10. Ralph Alessi – Chrysanthemum (For Kikuchi) (05:22)
1-11. Ralph Alessi – Pannonica (04:16)

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