Jazz Articles about Alex Sipiagin

Daniela Schächter: I colori del mare

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 13, 2006

Dall'Italia a Boston (alla Berklee School of Music) e ritorno sulla casa discografica del jazz italiano per eccellenza, la Splasc(H) Records. Questo in sintesi il percorso della pianista Daniela Schächter, che si è avvalsa per questo disco di musicisti americani prestigiosi che danno un ottimo contributo alle esecuzioni, e non poteva essere diversamente con artisti del calibro di Alex Sipiagin. La capacità di scrittura della Schächter le ha permesso di dar vita ad un album eclettico e senza cadute di ...

Bill Bruford / Tim Garland: Earthworks Underground Orchestra

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
December 4, 2006

Bill Bruford forged his reputation as a relentless pioneer striving to advance the art of percussion. Using odd times and improvisation in rock or exploring with electronic drums, he sought to challenge both his self-expression and the drummer's role. Since 1986, his primary outlet as a composer and bandleader has been Earthworks. What began as an electro-acoustic quartet has become strictly acoustic, bringing him back to his early love: jazz. To celebrate this twenty-year anniversary, Bruford and ...

Bill Bruford / Tim Garland: Earthworks Underground Orchestra

by John Kelman
January 26, 2006

Although jazz has left behind its America-centricity and become a more international language, a mysterious chasm still exists between the American and UK jazz scenes. For every artist like Kenny Wheeler who has achieved American recognition, a dozen others have not. But with Earthworks Underground Orchestra, drummer Bill Bruford and woodwind multi-instrumentalist Tim Garland narrow the gap, proving that swing is more than a defined rhythm--it's a feel, with an expanding definition.

Bruford's 1980s electro-acoustic Earthworks quartet began a gradual ...

Alex Sipiagin: Returning

by John Kelman
November 4, 2005

Some artists leap into visibility; others almost insidiously find their way into the public eye. Russian-born, New York-resident trumpeter Alex Sipiagin has made considerable strides in the past decade in establishing his reputation within the New York jazz community. He's been recruited for increasingly high profile gigs with the Mingus Big Band, Michael Brecker and, most notably, Dave Holland's big band--touring and appearing on both What Goes Around (ECM, 2002) and Overtime (Dare2, 2005).

With his own series of Criss ...

Alex Sipiagin: Equilibrium

by C. Andrew Hovan
May 27, 2005

Russian native Alex Sipiagin has been a first call trumpeter for several New York big bands for the past five years or so. A veteran of the Mingus Big Band, the Gil Evans Orchestra, and the Dave Holland Big Band, Sipiagin has been a favorite with critics but has yet to break though to the jazz public at large. Over the course of his three previous Criss Cross sides, the trumpeter has shown growth from a mainstream hard bop interpreter ...

Alex Sipiagin: Equilibrium

by Robert MacBain
November 25, 2004

In sifting through a collection of critical commentary on Alex Sipiagin, one would be hard-pressed to find a review or a set of liner notes that neglects to mention the apparently pervasive Russian influence present in the trumpeter's writing and playing. The curious thing, though, is that one would be equally hard pressed to come up with some solid examples of this commingling within Sipiagin's music.

In the liner notes to his latest effort, aptly entitled Equilibrium, Sipiagin, a native ...

Alex Sipiagin: Steppin' Zone/Hindsight

by C. Andrew Hovan
August 13, 2002

Russian native Alex Sipiagin comes to American jazz via many sources and inspirations. While he cites Wayne Shorter’s Native Dancer as one of his favorite albums, the breath of his influences includes Russian folk music, European classical forms and the whole scope of jazz in its many forms. A valuable sideman and member of the Mingus Big Band for several years now, Sipiagin has just recently had the opportunity to present himself as a leader on two fairly current Criss ...