Jazz Articles about Alex Sipiagin

Dino Govoni: Hiding in Plain Sight

by Jack Bowers
December 5, 2021

Tenor saxophonist Dino Govoni acquits himself well on the curiously-titled Hiding in Plain Sight, his third album for Whaling City Sound, as do his colleagues on this basically bop-leaning, mainly quintet studio date. The qualifier “mainly" is necessary because trumpeter Alex Sipiagin performs on only five of the album's nine tracks. On the others, Govoni is cradled by his capable rhythm section, pianist Henry Hey, bassist Michael Pope and drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts. Each of the numbers ...

Asaf Sirkis, Damien Erskine, Alex Sipiagin, and Benjamin Croft

by Len Davis
September 10, 2021

Todays program features many new releases, includingSolar Flare from Asaf Sirkis, Alex Sipiagin, Damien Erskine, Sarp Maden, and much more Playlist Asaf Sirkis “Solar Flare" from Solar Flare (Moonjune) 00:00 Alex Sipiagin “Magic Square" from Upstream (Posi Tone) 05:58 Damien Erskine"Beatrice" from In This Moment (Self Produced) 11:58 Sarp Maden “119/5" from Aperlai (Lycia)18:03 Benjamin Croft"The War Against Loudness" from (Ubuntu) 24:03 Trifecta “Proto Molecule" from Fragments (K Scope) 24:03 Trifecta “Auntie" from Fragments (K Scope) 30:06 Phonic ...

Alex Sipiagin Upstream Quartet at Palazzo Melzi

by Danilo Codazzi
August 15, 2021

Francesco Zampini: Unknown Path

by Luigi Sforza
January 27, 2021

Per questo secondo disco da leader, il giovane chitarrista e compositore fiorentino Francesco Zampini (classe 1993) guida un vigoroso quintetto che comprende un'infuocata, solida e muscolosa sezione ritmica (Michelangelo Scandroglio al contrabbasso e Bernardo Guerra alla batteria), un vulcanico e possente pianista, l'iberico Xavi Torres, e il russo Alex Sipiagin, che alla tromba incanta per il suo suono abbagliante, splendente e carezzevole insieme, qualità quest'ultima rintracciabile specie quando suona nel registro medio. A confronto con brani originali ed ...

Conrad Herwig: The Latin Side of Horace Silver

by Jack Bowers
September 16, 2020

New York-based trombonist Conrad Herwig began exploring the “Latin side" of various jazz musicians in 1996, with The Latin Side of John Coltrane, which earned him the first of four Latin Grammy Award nominations. Since then, Herwig has done the same for Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson and, now, pianist Horace Silver. The formula is trim and solid; choose several of an artist's more notable compositions and recast them in a rhythmic Latin framework. For The Latin ...

Dave Pietro: Hypersphere

by Paul Rauch
August 6, 2020

You may not know the name Dave Pietro offhand, but it is likely, if you are a jazz fan of any sort, that you have heard him play. As a saxophone/woodwind artist, composer, educator, sideman, and bandleader, he has performed across a broad spectrum of projects since his becoming a mainstay on the New York scene in 1987. That aspect of his career has enabled a sizable skill set that transfers over into his personal projects. His compositional ...

Paul Shaw Quintet: Moment of Clarity

by Jack Bowers
April 8, 2020

Drummer Paul Shaw, best known as a reliable sideman in groups large and small, strides into the spotlight with panache as leader of his own quintet, having written every number on Moment of Clarity and entrusted them to the capable hands and singular talents of his earnest colleagues. He also gives those teammates ample space to shine, confining himself for the most part to timekeeping duties, which he carries out with adeptness and assurance. As a composer, ...