Alex Sipiagin (born June 11, 1967) is a Russian

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

trumpeter and

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player.

Biography

Sipiagin was born on June 11, 1967. He moved from Russia to the U.S. in 1990. His first major job in the U.S. was with the Gil Evans Band. He has played with

Dave Holland Dave Holland or David Holland may refer to: *Dave Holland (bassist) David Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English double bassist, bass guitarist, cellist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has ...

Mingus Big Band Mingus Big Band is a 14-piece ensemble, based in New York City, that specializes in the compositions of Charles Mingus. It was managed by his widow, Sue Mingus, along with Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Dynasty. In addition to its weekly Wednesday ni ...

Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as a performer and composer, received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music in ...

, and

Mulgrew Miller Mulgrew Miller (August 13, 1955 – May 29, 2013) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. As a child he played in churches and was influenced on piano by Ramsey Lewis and then Oscar Peterson. Aspects of their styles remained in his ...

. He has recorded many albums as a leader, twelve of them for

Criss Cross Jazz Criss Cross Jazz is a Dutch record company and label specializing in jazz. Criss Cross was established in 1981 in Enschede, Netherlands by Gerry Teekens, a professional drummer and linguistics professor. Teekens founded the label after organiz ...

. Sipiagin is a founding member of the band Opus 5 with

Seamus Blake Seamus Blake (born December 8, 1970) is a British-born Canadian tenor saxophonist. Early life and education Blake was born in London, England and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His mother introduced him to jazz when he was a c ...

, David Kikoski, Boris Kozlov, and Donald Edwards. His album ''NoFo Skies'' was his first for Blue Room Music, but was recorded by the same quintet as his preceding ''Moments Captured''. He is a faculty member at New York University Steinhardt.

Discography

As leader

* ''Images'' (TCB, 1998) * ''Steppin' Zone'' (Criss Cross, 2001) * ''Hindsight'' (Criss Cross, 2002) * ''Mirrors'' (Criss Cross, 2003) * ''Equilibrium'' (Criss Cross, 2004) * ''Returning'' (Criss Cross, 2005) * ''Prints'' (Criss Cross, 2007) * ''Out of the Circle'' (ArtistShare, 2007) * ''Mirages'' (Criss Cross, 2009) * ''Generations'' (Criss Cross, 2010) * ''Destinations Unknown'' (Criss Cross, 2011) * ''Overlooking Moments'' (Criss Cross, 2012) * ''From Reality and Back'' (5Passion, 2013) * ''Live at Smalls'' (SmallsLive, 2013) * ''New Path'' (ArtBeat Music, 2014) * ''Balance 38-58'' (Criss Cross, 2015) * ''Moments Captured'' (Criss Cross, 2017) * ''NoFo Skies'' (Blue Room Music, 2019) * ''Horizons'' (Blue Room Music, 2024) With Opus 5 * ''Introducing Opus 5'' (Criss Cross, 2011) * ''Pentasonic'' (Criss Cross, 2012) * ''Progression'' (Criss Cross, 2014) * ''Tickle'' (Criss Cross, 2015)

As sideman

With

George Gruntz George Gruntz (24 June 1932 – 10 January 2013) was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker ...

* ''Liebermann'' (TCB, 1999) * ''Merryteria'' (TCB, 1999) * ''Expo Triangle'' (MGB, 2000) * ''Global Excellence'' (TCB, 2001) * ''Renaissance Man'' (TCB, 2002) * ''Pourquoi Pas? Why Not?'' (TCB, 2008) * ''Matterhorn Matters'' (MGB, 2010) With

Conrad Herwig Lee Conrad Herwig III (born November 1, 1959) is an American jazz trombonist from New York City. Biography Herwig began his career in Clark Terry's band in the early 1980s and has been a featured member in the Joe Henderson Sextet, Tom Harrell's ...

* ''The Latin Side of John Coltrane'' (Astor Place, 1996) * ''Unseen Universe'' (Criss Cross, 2000) * ''The Latin Side of Joe Henderson'' (Half Note, 2014) * ''Reflections'' (Criss Cross, 2016) With

* ''What Goes Around'' (ECM, 2002) * ''

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'' (Dare2, 2004) * ''Pass It On'' (Dare2, 2008) * ''Pathways'' (Dare2, 2010) With

Monday Michiru is a Japanese American singer and songwriter whose music encompasses and fuses a wide variety of genres including jazz, dance, pop, and soul. She is arguably best known for being a pioneer of the acid jazz movement in Japan in the early 1990s y ...

* ''Episodes in Color'' (SAR, 2002) * ''Don't Disturb This Groove'' (Grand Gallery, 2011) * ''Soulception'' (Adventure Music, 2012) * ''Brasilified'' (Billboard, 2013) With

* ''Live in Time'' (Dreyfus, 1996) * ''!Que Viva Mingus!'' (Dreyfus, 1997) * ''Blues & Politics'' (Dreyfus, 1999) * ''Tonight at Noon'' (Dreyfus, 2002) * ''Live in Tokyo'' (Sunnyside, 2006) With others *

Toshiko Akiyoshi is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in ''Down Beat'' magazine's annual Readers' Poll. In 1984, sh ...

, ''In Shanghai'' (After Beat 2011) *

David Binney David Binney (born August 2, 1961) is an American alto saxophonist and composer. Early life Binney was born in Miami, Florida, and was raised in Carpinteria, California. From his parents, who loved music, he was exposed to albums by John Colt ...

, ''Free to Dream'' (Mythology, 1998) *

, ''Wide Angles'' (Verve, 2003) *

Bill Bruford William Scott Bruford (born 17 May 1949) is an English drummer and percussionist who first gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. After leaving Yes in 1972, Bruford spent the rest of the 1970s recording and tou ...

, ''Earthworks Underground Orchestra'' (Summerfold, 2006) *

Larry Coryell Larry Coryell (born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III; April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist, widely considered the "godfather of fusion". Alongside Gábor Szabó, he was a pioneer in melding jazz, country and rock ...

, ''Sketches of Coryell'' (Shanachie, 1996) *

Deborah Cox Deborah Cox (born July 13, 1974) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Toronto, she began performing on television commercials at age 12, and entered various talent shows in her teenage years before ...

, ''Destination Moon'' (Decca, 2007) *

Barbara Dennerlein Barbara Dennerlein (born 25 September 1964 in Munich) is a German jazz organist. She has achieved critical acclaim for using the bass pedalboard on a Hammond organ and for integrating synthesizer sounds onto the instrument, and was described by ...

, ''Outhipped'' (Verve, 1999) *

Robin Eubanks Robin Eubanks (born October 25, 1955) is an American jazz and jazz fusion slide trombonist, the brother of guitarist Kevin Eubanks and trumpeter Duane Eubanks. Younger brother Shane Eubanks, twin to Duane Eubanks, is a DJ. His uncles are jazz p ...

, ''More Than Meets the Ear'' (ArtistShare, 2015) * Michael Franks, ''Watching the Snow'' (Koch, 2003) * Michael Franks, '' Time Together'' (Shanachie, 2011) * Mike Gibbs, ''Nonsequence'' (Provocateur, 2001) *

Elliot Goldenthal Elliot Goldenthal (born May 2, 1954) is an American composer of contemporary classical music and film and theatrical scores. A student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, he is best known for his distinctive style and ability to blend variou ...

, ''S.W.A.T.'' (Varèse Sarabande, 2003) * David Kikoski, ''The Five'' (DIW, 2002) *

Tony Lakatos Antal "Tony" Lakatos (born 13 November 1958 in Budapest) is a Hungarian Jazz saxophonist (tenor, soprano saxophone). He lives in Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Germany). Lakatos attended the Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest from 1975 to 1980, then m ...

, ''Blue Chili'' (Skip, 2023) *

Andy LaVerne Andy LaVerne (born December 4, 1947) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and educator. Education and musical career Born in New York City, LaVerne studied at Juilliard School of Music, Berklee College, and the New England Conservat ...

, ''Faith'' (SteepleChase, 2017) *

Donny McCaslin Donald Paul McCaslin (born August 11, 1966) is an American jazz saxophonist. He has recorded over a dozen albums as a bandleader in addition to many sideman appearances, including on David Bowie's final studio album, ''Blackstar (album), Blacksta ...

, ''Declaration'' (Sunnyside, 2009) * James Moody, ''Young at Heart'' (Warner Bros., 1996) * Luis Perdomo, ''Spirits and Warriors'' (Criss Cross, 2016) *

Lonnie Plaxico Lonnie Plaxico (born September 4, 1960) is an American jazz double bassist. Biography Plaxico was born in Chicago, into a musical family, and started playing the bass at the age of twelve, turning professional at fourteen (playing both double ba ...

, ''Rhythm & Soul'' (Sirocco Music, 2003) *

Dafnis Prieto Dafnis Prieto (born July 31, 1974) is a Cuban-American drummer, composer, bandleader, and educator. Career In his home town of Santa Clara, Cuba, Prieto studied percussion and guitar. During his teens, he moved to Havana to study at the Nati ...

, ''Back to the Sunset'' (Dafnison Music, 2018) * Ruben Rada, ''Montevideo'' (Big World Music, 1996) *

Ryuichi Sakamoto was a Music of Japan, Japanese musician, composer, keyboardist, record producer, singer and actor. He pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the Synthesizer, synth-based band Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his ...

, ''Smoochy'' (Gut for Life 1995) *

David Sanborn David William Sanborn (July 30, 1945 – May 12, 2024) was an American alto saxophonist. He worked in many musical genres; his solo recordings typically blended jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He began playing the saxophone at the age o ...

, ''Closer'' (Verve, 2005) * Larry Schneider, ''Ali Girl'' (SteepleChase, 1997) * Mark Sholtez, ''Real Street'' (Verve, 2006) *

Jim Snidero James J. Snidero (born May 29, 1958, in Redwood City, California, United States) is an American jazz saxophonist. Performance career Snidero grew up in the Washington, D.C., area (Camp Springs, MD), studying with Jim Murphy, Ron Diehl, Tim Eyerma ...

, ''MD66'' (Savant, 2016) * Manuel Valera, ''In Motion'' (Criss Cross, 2014) * Gabriel Vicéns, ''Days'' ( Inner Circle Music, 2015)

References

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