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

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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

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, and

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. 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 1980 by Gerry Teekens, a drummer and German language, German professor.

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

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, 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) 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 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 Septet and ...

* ''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

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* ''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 a Japanese–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 Shanghai'' (After Beat 2011) *

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

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

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, ''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. Early life Larry Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas, United States. He never knew his biological father, a musician. He w ...

, ''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 particular critical acclaim for using the bass pedalboard on a Hammond organ and for integrating synthesizer sounds onto the instrument, and was de ...

, ''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. His uncles are jazz pianist Ray Bryant and bassist Tommy Bryant. His mother, Vera Eub ...

, ''More Than Meets the Ear'' (ArtistShare, 2015) * Michael Franks, ''Watching the Snow'' (Koch, 2003) * Michael Franks, ''

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'' (Shanachie, 2011) * Mike Gibbs, ''Nonsequence'' (Provocateur, 2001) *

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, ''S.W.A.T.'' (Varese Sarabande, 2003) *

, ''The Five'' (DIW, 2002) *

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) *

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, ''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, Illinois, into a musical family, and started playing the bass at the age of twelve, turning professional at fourteen (playing both ...

, ''Rhythm & Soul'' (Sirocco Music, 2003) * Dafnis Prieto, ''Back to the Sunset'' (Dafnison Music, 2018) *

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, ''Montevideo'' (Big World Music, 1996) *

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

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, ''Closer'' (Verve, 2005) * Larry Schneider, ''Ali Girl'' (SteepleChase, 1997) *

Mark Sholtez Mark Sholtez is an Australian singer-songwriter. His debut album, ''Real Street'' from 2006, has resulted in nominations for an ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Award and APRA Awards (Australia), APRA Awards winning an APRA for 'Most Performed Jazz Work' ...

, ''Real Street'' (Verve, 2006) *

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

References

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