Alex Sipiagin

Alex "Sasha" Sipiagin (born June 11, 1967) is a jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player.

Biography

Alex 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.^[1] Alex has recorded twelve albums as a leader, mainly for the Criss Cross Jazz label.^[2] He is married to singer Monday Michiru and frequently plays with her band.

Discography

As a leader

• Images (1998) TCB - The Montreux Jazz Label
• Hindsight (2001) Criss Cross Jazz
• Steppin' Zone (2001) Criss Cross Jazz
• Mirrors (2003) Criss Cross Jazz
• Equilibrium (2003) Criss Cross Jazz
• Live at Bird's Eye (2004) ArtistShare
• Returning (2005) Criss Cross Jazz
• Prints (2007) Criss Cross Jazz
• Out of the Circle (2008) Sunnyside Records
• Mirages (2009) Criss Cross Jazz
• Equilibrium (2009) Criss Cross Jazz
• Generations - Dedicated to Woody Shaw (2010) Criss Cross Jazz
• Destinations Unknown (2011) Criss Cross Jazz

As a sideman

• with Mingus Big Band Live In Time (1996) Disques Dreyfus
• with Mingus Big Band Que Viva Mingus! (1997) Disques Dreyfus
• with Barbara Dennerlein Outhipped (1999) Verve
• with Conrad Herwig Unseen Universe (2000) Criss Cross Jazz
• with Kengo Nakamura Say Hello To Say Goodbye (2002) Verve
• with Michael Brecker Wide Angles (2003) Verve
• with Dave Holland Overtime (2005) Dare2 Records
• with Regina Litvinova Extreme Trio Grizzlies (2005) JAZZ'n'ARTS
• with Dmitri Kolesnik Five Corners (2007) Challenge Records
• with Dave Holland Pass It On (2008) EmArcy
• with Donny McCaslin Declaration (2009) Sunnyside Records
• with Dave Holland Pathways (2010) Dare2 Records
• With Paolo Recchio Ari's Desire (2011) Vio Veneto Jazz

As a Co-leader

• with Opus 5 Introducing Opus 5 (2011) Criss Cross Jazz (Alex Sipiagin, Seamus Blake, David Kikoski, Boris Kozlov, Donald Edwards)^[3]

References