I do not come from a musical family, yet I consider myself to be a Musician. I first became interested in music around 14-15 years of age.It was while at a summer camp that I began playing the piano in the dining room before and after every meal. I would sit with my friends and we would all share what we knew, some of us more advanced than others. Soon after that I found myself sneaking off to play piano while all my friends were off playing sports. I eventually wound up in sports and so the music took a hiatus. I was out of high school, now, and some friends and I would get together and have "sessions" in somebodies room and when one of the guys got hold to some equipment, and that's when I knew what I wanted to do. After that I determined that  I would do the same thing. I started with just a keyboard I'd bought from Montgomery Ward, a used drum machine from a pawn shop and a 4 track tape recorder. To mix I used a Stereo that I'd won previously as a contestant on a short lived MTV game show called "Web Riot." I landed a job as an apprentice to a professional musician who had a studio and a warehouse in the South Bay. Soon I began working in his warehouse making Tapes and CD's.This experience has been invaluable to my a career. I did that for a few years and then decided I wanted to travel the world to study and living off the land and find my center. Turns out for the next few years I would criss-cross back and forth the United States, engrossed in the music, the language, and the people, of the various regions I explored. Most of all I discoverd my true love is for life and all its inhabitants.

Internationally renowned jazz flutist Ali Ryerson, consistently voted among the top jazz flutists in the Downbeat Jazz Poll for nearly a decade, is on tour with her quintet promoting the release of her most recent CD as leader, ‘Con Brio!’. 

The Ali Ryerson Quintet features players well-known for their contributions to the contemporary jazz scene: keyboardist and arranger Pete Levin, a top NY session player & Moog synthesizer pioneer, best known for his 15 year association with the legendary Gil Evans and his 8 year stint with jazz icon Jimmy Giuffre; guitarist/composer Mike DeMicco, long-time guitarist with the Brubeck Brothers; the original bassist from the Pat Metheny Group, Mark Egan, with his unique fretless electric bass sound, and the exciting addition of drummer Karl Latham, a veteran of the European Jazz scene since 1993, now a sought after drummer in the NY area. 

The music is adventurous and contemporary, with a focus on original material.


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