Alex Asher is a trombonist and producer from Brooklyn, NY. He’s performed and recorded with groups in almost every style of music, including luminary pop artists like Beyoncé and Boy George.  His horn section, The Superpower Horns, wrote and arranged the horn lines on Grammy-award winning songs from Beyoncé’s 2011 album ’4′.  Alex was a U.S. Department of State-sponsored OneBeat Fellow in 2014 and 2019 and was an Artist-in-Residence at the Montalvo Center for the Arts in California from 2016-2018.

Alex is the bandleader and primary songwriter for experimental soul band People’s Champs, which released their sophomore album “Show Up” in 2023.  He also organizes Los Cumpleaños, a genre-bending electronic Cumbia project with musicians from Colombia, Argentina and the USA.  His newest group, Slow Motion, synthesizes the international sounds of Brooklyn with a jazz ethos and a producer’s touch. Slow Motion’s debut album is due out in 2026. Alex has performed with Slavic Soul Party! (Jazz/Balkan), Porfi Baloa & Sus Adolocentes (Latin), Rubblebucket (Indie Pop), Mostly Other People Do the Killing (Avant-Jazz), John Brown’s Body (Reggae) and many others.

Alex has a B.M. in Jazz from Oberlin Conservatory, a M.M. in Jazz from New England Conservatory and an MFA in Sonic Arts (Music Production/Composition) from Brooklyn College.  He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at CUNY’s Laguardia Community College.