Alex Sipiagin
Alex Sipiagin (Russian Александр Анатольевич Сипягин, Alexandr Anatoljevich Sipyagin; born June 11, 1967 in Yaroslavl ) is a Russian jazz trumpeter.
Sipiagin played at the age of twelve years in a children's orchestra. He attended the Moscow Institute of Music and studied after his two-year military service at the Gnessin Institute. In 1990 he won a competition for young jazz musicians in Rostov. In the same year he took with a student jazz band at the Corpus Christi Jazz Festival in Texas in part.
1991 moved Sipiagin to New York, where he performed with the Gil Evans band, 1993 Member of Gil Goldstein's Zebra Coast Orchestra and the George Gruntz Concert 1994 Member Jazz Band was. In addition, he has performed with the band of drummer Bob Moses. In 1995 he became a member of the Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty and later also of the Mingus Orchestra.
Since 2000 Sipiagin is also a member of the big band of Dave Holland; In 2003, he also took with Michael Brecker on tape. As a sideman, he joined inter alia with Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Aaron Neville and Elvis Costello, Michael Franks and Dave Sanborn on.
He is married to Monday Michiru Sipiaguine.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Images (TCB, 1998) with Chris Potter, David Binney, Josh Rosemen, Gil Goldstein, Adam Rogers, Scott Colley, Jeff Hirshfield, Kenny Wollesen
- Steppin ' Zome ( Criss Cross, 2000) with Chris Potter, David Kikoski, Scott Colley, Jeff Tain Watts
- Hindsight ( Criss Cross, 2002) with Chris Potter, Adam Rogers, Boris Kozlov, Gene Jackson, 2001
- Mirrors with Seamus Blake, Adam Rogers, David Kikoski, Boris Kozlov, Jonathan Blake, Donny McCaslin, Josh Roseman
- Equlibrium with Chris Potter, David Binney, David Kikoski, Scott Colley, Gene Jackson, 2003
- Returning ( Criss Cross, 2004) with Seamus Blake, Adam Rogers, Scott Colley, Antonio Sanchez
- Prints with Scott Colley, Dave Kikoski, Monday Michiru, Antonio Sanchez, 2006
- Destination Unknown ( Criss Cross Jazz, 2011) with Chris Potter, David Binney, Craig Taborn, Boris Kozlov, Eric Harland