The originality of the band’s sound commitment begins to bear fruit in a first album that gets the unanimous applause of the specialized press, “IN” (2018) received numerous awards, being selected by many foundations and festivals (Fundación Sgae, Fundación Mapfre , Sofar Sounds, Festival Naturajazz and Festival Altafujazz among others). In addition, to his successes at the prestigious Festival Internacional Canarias Jazz y Más Heineken 2018 and in several of the most important jazz venues in Europe (the mythical Jamboree Jazz in Barcelona or the emblematic Sala Clamores in Madrid) must be added his nomination in the Canarian Music Awards 2019 in the category of Best Jazz and Fusion Album and its 4 nominations for the Min Awards (Madrid) being a semifinalist in the Best Jazz Album of the Year. At the end of 2019 they have also been selected to participate in the business round of the International Market Circulart 2019 (Colombia).
In 2019, they published “Live in Barcelona / Jamboree Live 19” under the label of the “Jamboree Jazz” venue in Barcelona, one of the “temples” of European jazz, which selects the performance of the Canarian band as one of the most highlights of the year and worthy of being reflected in an album that has not stopped receiving praise from many of the most authoritative voices in the jazz press:
“The pianist Alexis Alonso is one of the musicians who is setting the standard in the current moment of jazz … The one in the XXI century” (L’HOME DEL JAZZ / rtve – radio4)
“An excellent composer, the pianist Alexis Alonso and his quartet has surprised us with his brilliance, which undoubtedly places him in the forefront of our jazz” (LA MONTAÑA RUSA / radio jazz – London)
“Excellent work by Alexis Alonso Quartet, the Canarian pianist and composer exceeds himself in each work,” In “is our cover album” (PARALLEL UNIVERSES)
“A level jazz on the outskirts of the great scenes. The Canarian pianist shows it in his album recorded live at the legendary” Jamboree Jazz “in Barcelona. Hooked on this work …” (MORE JAZZ MAGAZINE)
“A great intensity is what characterizes the recording of the great work of the quartet of Tenerife pianist Alexis Alonso” (TOMAJAZZ / HABLANDO DE OÍDAS)
“Magic is part of the Alexis Alonso quartet both in the compositions and in the interpretation of the solos” (TOMAJAZZ / JAZZ PARA TÍ)
“An original and top-level formation that after triumphing in jazz” temples “such as Clamores (Madrid) and Jamboree (Barcelona) now publishes a live from the latter, a reference to European jazz” (SONG A QUEMARROPA / rtvc)
“Wonderful, the music of the Alexis Alonso quartet is dreamy and makes us travel …” (AEROPUERTO JAZZ CAFÉ).
In 2020, despite the setback caused by the postponement of their world tour due to the covid-19 pandemic, the Alexis Alonso Quartet published “OUT”, an album in which the quartet dares to explore their sound record to the fullest, achieving moments of authentic brilliance and that also represents the definitive assault on the international market, also counting on three world-class collaborations (the saxophonist Seamus Blake, the trumpeter Ralph Alessi and the percussionist Pedrito Martínez). In addition, in some songs the album has sections of strings that provide brushstrokes that help make this work unique … After its presentation at the Tenerife Auditorium with great success on October 30, 2020 and its recent “magical” participation at Naturajazz 2020, everything seems to indicate that the bet of the Alexis Alonso quartet has been perfect and that their meteoric climb is reaching the levels that everyone expected, the emotion continues …