Alex "Sasha" Sipiagin (born June 11, 1967) is a Russian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player.
Alex sipiagin on ar resonance suprema and estrema trumpets
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.
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)Introducing Opus 5 (Criss Cross, 2011)Pentasonic (Criss Cross, 2012)Progression (Criss Cross, 2014)Tickle (Criss Cross, 2015)with Mingus Big Band Live In Time (1996) Disques Dreyfuswith James Moody Young at Heart (1996) Warner Bros.with Igor Butman Nostalgie (1997) Prestige (Russia)with Mingus Big Band Que Viva Mingus! (1997) Disques Dreyfuswith Barbara Dennerlein Outhipped (1999) Vervewith Conrad Herwig Unseen Universe (2000) Criss Crosswith Kengo Nakamura Say Hello To Say Goodbye (2002) Vervewith Michael Brecker Wide Angles (2003) Vervewith Riccardo Fassi Double Plunge (2005) yvp musicwith Dave Holland Overtime (2005) Dare2with Regina Litvinova Extreme Trio Grizzlies (2005) JAZZ'n'ARTSwith David Sanborn Closer (2005) Vervewith Bill Bruford and Tim Garland Earthworks Underground Orchestra (2006) Summerfold Recordswith Doug Beavers Two Shades of Nude (2007) Originwith Dmitri Kolesnik Five Corners (2007) Challengewith Monday Michiru My Ever Changing Moods (2007) LDCwith Dave Holland Pass It On (2008) EmArcywith George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band Pourquoi Pas? Why Not? (2009) TCBwith Donny McCaslin Declaration (2009) Sunnysidewith André Charlier and Benoît Sourisse Imaginarium (2010) Geminiwith Dave Holland Pathways (2010) Dare2with Brandon Wright Boiling Point (2010) Posi-Tonewith Michael Franks Time Together (2011) Shanachiewith Paolo Recchia Ari's Desire (2011) Via Veneto Jazzwith Jurgen Hagenlocher Leap in the Dark (2012) Intuitionwith Monday Michiru Soulception (2012) Adventure Musicwith Conrad Herwig The Latin Side of Joe Henderson (2014) Half Notewith Misha Tsiganov The Artistry of the Standard (2014) Criss Crosswith Gabriel Vicéns Days (2015) Inner Circle Musicwith Misha Tsiganov Spring Feelings (2016) Criss Cross
