Cat No:
CRISS1414CD
Release Date: 27 January 2023
Label: Criss Cross Jazz
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8712474141425
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
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Description
Since he emigrated to the United States from Russia in 1991, Alex Sipiagin has earned an exalted international reputation as a no-technical-limits improvisor, sustaining a gorgeous sound throughout the trumpet's registral range, navigating harmonic and rhythmic complexity with precision, passion and abiding lyricism.Most of Sipiagin's 12 previous albums for Criss Cross also showcase his contrapuntal, harmonically comprehensive compositions, full of interesting melodic twists and turns. On them, he projects the same voice that he improvises with but written out for more instruments.
For his 13th Criss Cross date, Mel's Vision, the 55-year-old master - joined by A-listers tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, pianist David Kikoski, bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Johnathan Blake - contributes two wonderful originals. But Alex addresses the session primarily as an opportunity to focus on interpreting music by others - a song by Potter, a Ukrainian folk song and four rarely covered gems from the jazz canon.
The album was recorded April 22, 2021 at the Samurai Hotel Recording Studio in NY. Recording engineer Mike Marciano also did the editing, mixing and mastering at Systems Two in NY.
Alex Sipiagin: trumpet
Chris Potter: saxophone
David Kikoski: piano
Matt Brewer: bass
Johnathan Blake: drums -
Tracklisting
- 1. Mel's Vision
- 2. Summer's End
- 3. Four By Five
- 4. Maritima
- 5. Vesnianka
- 6. Bird Food (Take 2)
- 7. Balmoral Point
- 8. Peggy's Blue Skylight
- 9. Bird Food (Take 1 - alternate take)
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Lovabye
Gregory Groover Jr.
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The Illusion Of Choice
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Back Home
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World Away
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Deep Passion
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Communications
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Vibe Up!
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Point of Arrival
Ryan Kisor
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Moments Captured
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Balance 38-58
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Overlooking Moments
Alex Sipiagin
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Destinations Unknown
Alex Sipiagin
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Generations: Dedicated to Woody Shaw
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Mirages
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