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Alexandra Caselli

Alexandra began classical training on the piano at the age of 6. She received a B.A. degree in liberal arts (Plan II) from the University of Texas at Austin and went on to study music as a graduate student at North Texas State University in Denton. She began her career as a professional musician in South Lake Tahoe leading a trio in a weekly after-hours session where casino showroom players would come to sit in. Since that time Ms. Caselli played in a wide variety of situations in the Reno-Tahoe area ranging from solo piano bar to Top-40 groups and big bands. She played piano with the Tahoe Mini-Philharmonic Orchestra at Caesar’s featuring 2 pianos on Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals”. As part of the John Carlton Orchestra she backed up name artists in the Harrah’s Reno showroom including Rich Little, Bobby Vinton, Charo and Debbie Reynolds. Alexandra was synthesizer player for the Reno-Hilton revue “Branded” and pianist for the Harrah’s Tahoe Ice Show featuring Scott Hamilton and “Tai and Randy.” She also played in the major casinos as part of a duo performing all types of music- it was during that time she started singing background vocals and developed sequencing skills on the computer. Alexandra has been successfully freelancing in the Los Angeles area since 1991.

Piano Art

By Alexandra Caselli

Label: Moonjumpers
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1.Roussillon (A. Caselli) 03:02 2.Blue Moon (Edward Roman) 03:02 3.Catch a Falling Star (Lee Pockriss) 03:36 4.Cicada Summer (A. Caselli) 03:27 5.Blues for Stevie (A. Caselli) 01:39 6.Circling (A. Caselli) 03:36 7.Whistling in the Dark (A. Caselli) 02:17 8.O Master Let Me Walk with You (Henry Percy Smith) 03:34 9.Colors of the Rain (A. Caselli) 03:54 10.When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along (Harry Woods) 03:17

Rough Edges

By Alexandra Caselli

Label: Moonjumpers
Released: 2008
Track listing: Waiting for Jennifer; Blues for Stevie; Colors of the Rain; Field Trip; If You Loved Me as Much a I Can Imagine; Out of the Blue; Butterfly Eyebrows; Home at Last; Rough Edges; Still Time; Lift Me Up.

Alexandra Caselli: Rough Edges

by Edward Blanco
July 14, 2008

A rather inappropriate title for an album that is seemingly flawless with no discernable rough edges heard, Rough Edges is another blazing effort from pianist Alexandra Caselli and a pleasing one at that. A classically-trained pianist who began playing the instrument at the age of six, Caselli begins to reveal the depth of that training on ...

Alexandra Caselli: Rough Edges

by Jack Bowers
January 9, 2008

This is the second CD I've reviewed by pianist Alexandra Caselli, and if there are any Rough Edges I've yet to hear them. As on that earlier album--Out the Aquarium (Moonjumpers 2, 2004)--Caselli plays with impeccable style and unerring tastefulness, affirming this writer's previous comparison to another remarkable pianist, the celebrated and seemingly ageless Marian McPartland. ...

Out the Aquarium

By Alexandra Caselli

Label: Moon Jumpers Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Out The Aquarium; 2. It Might As Well Be Spring; 3. I Remember You; 4. How Deep Is The Ocean; 5. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo; 6. Chinese Moondream; 7. Flying Colors; 8. When The Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along; 9. Follow Your Road; 10. Side By Side; 11. Notre Dame; 12. Whiff; 13. Out The Aquarium

Alexandra Caselli: Out the Aquarium

by C. Michael Bailey
September 12, 2004

With a cosmopolitan name like Alexandra Caselli, how can one go wrong? Add to that great name the classical heritage of Muzio Clementi, the impressionistic philosophy of Lynne Arriale (by way of Bill Evans), and a great ear for melody, and you have the total package that is Ms. Caselli. Out The Aquarium is Caselli's new ...