Anthony D’Alessandro plays Jazz at the Centre

Jazz at the Centre: Piano Triple Bill

Anthony D’Alessandro plays a set of originals and classics as part of a triple bill of Toronto-area jazz pianists.

Wheatland (from Canadiana Suite) – Oscar Peterson
Wonder - Anthony D’Alessandro
The Golden Mean - Anthony D’Alessandro

Blues for the Down and Out - Anthony D’Alessandro
Some Other Time - Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, & Adolph Green
The Harlem Strut - James Price Johnson

Recorded November 27th, 2024
Produced by the Canadian Music Centre
Audio recording by Ian Therriault
Video recording by Michelle Soicher

Anthony D’Alessandro

Anthony D’Alessandro is a pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader based in Toronto, Canada. Hailed by the WholeNote Magazine as a pianist with a “natural feeling for swing and groove” and “scintillating technique”, he has performed in many notable clubs, concert halls and jazz festivals around the world including the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Teatro Nescafé de las Artes in Santiago Chile, Smalls Jazz Club in New York City, and Koerner Hall in Toronto. He regularly performs alongside a “who’s who” of Canada’s top jazz musicians including Caity Gyorgy, Neil Swainson, Terry Clarke, Pat LaBarbara, and Ernesto Cervini, and has performed or toured with many notable NYC based musicians including Benny Benack III, Summer Camargo, Alexander Claffy, and Joe Farnsworth.

D’Alessandro’s debut full length album Searchin’ (2024), featuring NYC based trumpeter and vocal star Benny Benack III, debuted to critical acclaim, being called an “uplifting and feel-good jazz record” by the Paris Move, and a “gem of an album” by Jersey Jazz Magazine. His composition Tune for Monty was selected for CBC Music’s prestigious “Songs You Need to Hear” list.

D’Alessandro’s music has taken him throughout Canada, the United States and Europe. He has performed at many of Canada’s most prestigious jazz festivals and concert venues including Koerner Hall in Toronto, the Ottawa Jazz Festival, and the Vancouver Jazz Festival, among others. He has also performed at the International Glenn Miller Festival in Clarinda, Iowa, the Snowbirds Extravaganza Festival in Lakeland, Florida, and presented his compositions at the Casalmaggiore International Music Festival in Casalmaggiore, Italy.

D’Alessandro frequently works as the pianist for two-time JUNO award winning vocalist Caity Gyorgy, and has toured Canada from coast to coast as part of Gyorgy’s acclaimed quartet. This group made their Koerner Hall debut in April 2024 and has performed at every major jazz festival in the country. His playing can be heard on Gyorgy’s latest release “Hello, How Are You?” D’Alessandro has spent time living and studying in New York City under master pianist/organist Mike LeDonne, and holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Toronto where he studied under award winning pianists David Braid, Mark Eisenman and David Restivo.
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Jazz at the Centre is funded by the Canada Arts Presentation Fund
This recording made possible by the Ontario Music Investment Fund

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