Alex Sipiagin Sextet Discography of CDs

Alex Sipiagin Sextet CD discography Many people in the jazz world associate trumpeter Alex Sipiagin with the Charles Mingus ghost band, but the albums he has recorded under his own name haven't been especially Mingus-minded, and that is true of Destinations Unknown, which finds the Russian trumpeter leading a sextet that includes Chris Potter on tenor sax, David Binney on alto sax, Craig Taborn on acoustic piano and electric keyboards, Boris Kozlov on upright bass, and Eric Harland on drums. Any album that features Potter extensively is usually worth hearing, and this 2011 recording is no exception. Sipiagin gives Potter plenty of ...

Alex Sipiagin Sextet discography As he has done on his three previous Criss Cross dates, Russian trumpeter Alex Sipiagin brings together a cohort of New York's finest -- here reedmen Chris Potter and David Binney, keyboardist David Kikoski, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Gene Jackson Liner Note Author: Ted Panken. Recording information: System Two Recording Studios, Brooklyn, NY (12/16/2003). Photographer: Gildas Boclé. Alex Sipiagin Sextet: Chris Potter (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Scott Colley (double bass); David Binney, Dave Kikoski, Gene Jackson, Alex Sipiagin. Personnel: David Binney (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Alex Sipiagin (trumpet, flugelhorn); Dave Kikoski (piano); Gene Jackson (drums).