Alex Sipiagin

I. Mirrors (2003)

Alex Sipiagin was born outside Moscow, where he pursued classical studies and a passion for jazz—a music that was then considered a political challenge to the Soviet Union. As the Soviet system began to crumble, Sipiagin had the chance to travel to the US with a student band and to compete in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition, where he placed fourth and received an instrument from Clark Terry. A year later he moved to New York and started landing gigs—with Gil Evans and Gil Goldstein, then later with the Mingus Big Band, Dave Holland, and Michael Brecker. Today, Sipiagin regularly performs, records and tours worldwide with Dave Holland, the various Mingus groups, and the Monday Michiru Band, as well as continuing to record and perform with his solo units. He is also an occasional guest teacher at NYU, and conducts clinics worldwide. As a soloist, Sipiagin has 7 recordings out to his credit, most notably with Criss Cross. "Mirrors" and "Returning" are his third and fifth releases respectively, as a leader, with Criss Cross.

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II. Returning (2005)



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