Alex sipiagin on ar resonance suprema and estrema trumpets
Biography
Sipiagin moved from Russia to the U.S. in 1991 and began his career shortly thereafter. His first gigs in the U.S. were with the Gil Evans Band and George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band. He has played with Dave Holland, Mingus Big Band, Michael Brecker, Mulgrew Miller and many others. He has recorded seventeen albums as a leader, mainly for the Criss Cross Jazz label.
Sipiagin is a founding member of the collective Opus 5, along with Seamus Blake, David Kikoski, Boris Kozlov and Donald Edwards.
As leader
Images (TCB, 1998)
Hindsight (Criss Cross , 2001)
Steppin' Zone (Criss Cross, 2001)
Mirrors (Criss Cross, 2003)
Equilibrium (Criss Cross, 2003)
Live at Bird's Eye (ArtistShare, 2004)
Returning (Criss Cross, 2005)
Prints (Criss Cross, 2007)
Out of the Circle (Sunnyside, 2008)
Mirages (Criss Cross, 2009)
Generations - Dedicated to Woody Shaw (Criss Cross, 2010)
Destinations Unknown (Criss Cross, 2011)
Overlooking Moments (Criss Cross, 2013)
Live at Smalls (Smalls Jazz, 2013)
From Reality and Back (5 Passion, 2013)
New Path (ArtBeat Music, 2014)
Balance 38-58 (Criss Cross, 2015)
Moments Captured (Criss Cross, 2017)
With Opus 5
Introducing Opus 5 (Criss Cross, 2011)
Pentasonic (Criss Cross, 2012)
Progression (Criss Cross, 2014)
Tickle (Criss Cross, 2015)
As sideman
with Mingus Big Band Live In Time (1996) Disques Dreyfus
with James Moody Young at Heart (1996) Warner Bros.
with Igor Butman Nostalgie (1997) Prestige (Russia)
with Mingus Big Band Que Viva Mingus! (1997) Disques Dreyfus
with Barbara Dennerlein Outhipped (1999) Verve
with Conrad Herwig Unseen Universe (2000) Criss Cross
with Kengo Nakamura Say Hello To Say Goodbye (2002) Verve
with Michael Brecker Wide Angles (2003) Verve
with Riccardo Fassi Double Plunge (2005) yvp music
with Dave Holland Overtime (2005) Dare2
with Regina Litvinova Extreme Trio Grizzlies (2005) JAZZ'n'ARTS
with David Sanborn Closer (2005) Verve
with Bill Bruford and Tim Garland Earthworks Underground Orchestra (2006) Summerfold Records
with Doug Beavers Two Shades of Nude (2007) Origin
with Dmitri Kolesnik Five Corners (2007) Challenge
with Monday Michiru My Ever Changing Moods (2007) LDC
with Dave Holland Pass It On (2008) EmArcy
with George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band Pourquoi Pas? Why Not? (2009) TCB
with Donny McCaslin Declaration (2009) Sunnyside
with André Charlier and Benoît Sourisse Imaginarium (2010) Gemini
with Dave Holland Pathways (2010) Dare2
with Brandon Wright Boiling Point (2010) Posi-Tone
with Michael Franks Time Together (2011) Shanachie
with Paolo Recchia Ari's Desire (2011) Via Veneto Jazz
with Jurgen Hagenlocher Leap in the Dark (2012) Intuition
with Monday Michiru Soulception (2012) Adventure Music
with Conrad Herwig The Latin Side of Joe Henderson (2014) Half Note
with Misha Tsiganov The Artistry of the Standard (2014) Criss Cross
with Gabriel Vicéns Days (2015) Inner Circle Music
with Misha Tsiganov Spring Feelings (2016) Criss Cross
