Release Date: 28 June 2010
Label: Criss Cross Jazz
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8712474132522
Genres: Jazz
Description
With 'Generations', his eighth Criss Cross outing as a leader, trumpeter Alex Sipiagin honors the legacy of the great Woody Shaw, reimaging five stellar pieces from Shaw’s repertoire and balancing the progam with four originals.
The quartet lineup here is Sipiagin, guitarist Adam Rogers, bassist Boris Kozlov, drummer Antonio Sanchez at one time formed the core of the brilliant Michael Brecker Sextet. Together, these four players bring years worth of mutual collaborative experience to the music at hand.
Woody Shaw himself appeared just once on Criss Cross, lending his extraordinary horn voice to Introducing Kenny Garrett (Criss 1014) in 1985. Shaw’s influence has long been implicit in Sipiagin’s playing – not only in the Russian-born trumpeter’s work as a leader, but also in his scorching solos with Dave Holland’s Big Band and Octet, the Mingus Big Band, the late Michael Brecker’s Sextet and Quindectet and many more.
With 'Generations' Sipiagin makes his debt to Shaw more explicit, but he approaches these canonical works with his own individuality and imaginatioin foremost in mind, in the determined spirit of Shaw’s song title: 'Beyond All Limits'
Tracks; 1. GREENWOOD I / 2. OBSEQUIOUS / 3. CASSANDRANITE / 4. BEYOND ALL LIMITS / 5. WINDY BAHN / 6. KATRINA BALLERINA / 7. CHANCE / 8. BLUES FOR WOOD / 9. GREENWOOD II
Tracklisting
Gregory Groover Jr.
Michael Thomas
Warne Marsh
Walt Weiskopf
Tad Shull Quintet
Steve Nelson
Steve Davis
Ryan Kisor
Alex Sipiagin
Alex Sipiagin
Alex Sipiagin
Alex Sipiagin
Alex Sipiagin
Alex Sipiagin
Alex Sipiagin
