biography
“Anthony has a natural feeling for swing and groove, scintillating technique and a penchant for such feel-good pianists as Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson, and Monty Alexander.”
Anthony D’Alessandro is a JUNO-nominated 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”, and “one of the most impressive young jazz pianists today” by the Jersey Jazz Magazine, 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, Birdland Jazz Club and Smalls Jazz Club in New York City, and Koerner Hall in Toronto.
He tours internationally as a bandleader including performances across Canada, the United States, South America, and Europe. He regularly performs alongside a “who’s who” of the industry’s top jazz musicians including international artists such as Benny Benack III, Joe Farnsworth, and Summer Camargo as well as fellow Canadians Caity Gyorgy, Pat LaBarbara, and Ernesto Cervini.
D'Alessandro’s most recent album City Lights was nominated for Jazz Album of the Year at the 2026 JUNO Awards. It has been called an album that “swings, breathes, and even smiles” by the Paris Move, and “capturing the immediacy and authenticity of a band in full flight” by V13 Media. His composition Tune for Monty was selected for CBC Music’s prestigious “Songs You Need to Hear” list in May 2024.
D’Alessandro has toured and recorded with three-time JUNO award winning vocalist Caity Gyorgy, having played piano on her most recent 2025 JUNO winning album “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.