Alex Sipiagin

Sipiagin was born on June 11, 1967.^[1] He moved from Russia to the U.S. in 1990.^[2] His first major job in the U.S. was with the Gil Evans Band.^[3] He has played with Dave Holland, Mingus Big Band, Michael Brecker, and Mulgrew Miller.^[4] He has recorded many albums as a leader, twelve of them for Criss Cross Jazz.^[5] Sipiagin is a founding member of the band Opus 5 with Seamus Blake, David Kikoski, Boris Kozlov, and Donald Edwards.^[6] His album NoFo Skies was his first for Blue Room Music, but was recorded by the same quintet as his preceding Moments Captured.^[7] He is a faculty member at New York University Steinhardt.^[8][3]

• Images (TCB, 1998)
• Steppin' Zone (Criss Cross, 2001)
• Hindsight (Criss Cross, 2002)
• Mirrors (Criss Cross, 2003)
• Equilibrium (Criss Cross, 2004)
• Returning (Criss Cross, 2005)
• Prints (Criss Cross, 2007)
• Out of the Circle (ArtistShare, 2007)
• Mirages (Criss Cross, 2009)
• Generations (Criss Cross, 2010)
• Destinations Unknown (Criss Cross, 2011)
• Overlooking Moments (Criss Cross, 2012)
• From Reality and Back (5Passion, 2013)
• Live at Smalls (SmallsLive, 2013)
• New Path (ArtBeat Music, 2014)
• Balance 38-58 (Criss Cross, 2015)
• Moments Captured (Criss Cross, 2017)
• NoFo Skies (Blue Room Music, 2019)
• Horizons (Blue Room Music, 2024)

With Opus 5

• Introducing Opus 5 (Criss Cross, 2011)
• Pentasonic (Criss Cross, 2012)
• Progression (Criss Cross, 2014)
• Tickle (Criss Cross, 2015)

With George Gruntz

• Liebermann (TCB, 1999)
• Merryteria (TCB, 1999)
• Expo Triangle (MGB, 2000)
• Global Excellence (TCB, 2001)
• Renaissance Man (TCB, 2002)
• Pourquoi Pas? Why Not? (TCB, 2008)
• Matterhorn Matters (MGB, 2010)

With Conrad Herwig

• The Latin Side of John Coltrane (Astor Place, 1996)
• Unseen Universe (Criss Cross, 2000)
• The Latin Side of Joe Henderson (Half Note, 2014)
• Reflections (Criss Cross, 2016)

With Dave Holland

• What Goes Around (ECM, 2002)
• Overtime (Dare2, 2004)
• Pass It On (Dare2, 2008)
• Pathways (Dare2, 2010)

With Monday Michiru

• Episodes in Color (SAR, 2002)
• Don't Disturb This Groove (Grand Gallery, 2011)
• Soulception (Adventure Music, 2012)
• Brasilified (Billboard, 2013)

With Mingus Big Band

• Live in Time (Dreyfus, 1996)
• !Que Viva Mingus! (Dreyfus, 1997)
• Blues & Politics (Dreyfus, 1999)
• Tonight at Noon (Dreyfus, 2002)
• Live in Tokyo (Sunnyside, 2006)

With others

• Toshiko Akiyoshi, In Shanghai (After Beat 2011)
• David Binney, Free to Dream (Mythology, 1998)
• Michael Brecker, Wide Angles (Verve, 2003)
• Bill Bruford, Earthworks Underground Orchestra (Summerfold, 2006)
• Larry Coryell, Sketches of Coryell (Shanachie, 1996)
• Deborah Cox, Destination Moon (Decca, 2007)
• Barbara Dennerlein, Outhipped (Verve, 1999)
• Robin Eubanks, More Than Meets the Ear (ArtistShare, 2015)
• Michael Franks, Watching the Snow (Koch, 2003)
• Michael Franks, Time Together (Shanachie, 2011)
• Mike Gibbs, Nonsequence (Provocateur, 2001)
• Elliot Goldenthal, S.W.A.T. (Varèse Sarabande, 2003)
• David Kikoski, The Five (DIW, 2002)
• Tony Lakatos, Blue Chili (Skip, 2023)
• Andy LaVerne, Faith (SteepleChase, 2017)
• Donny McCaslin, Declaration (Sunnyside, 2009)
• James Moody, Young at Heart (Warner Bros., 1996)
• Luis Perdomo, Spirits and Warriors (Criss Cross, 2016)
• Lonnie Plaxico, Rhythm & Soul (Sirocco Music, 2003)
• Dafnis Prieto, Back to the Sunset (Dafnison Music, 2018)
• Ruben Rada, Montevideo (Big World Music, 1996)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto, Smoochy (Gut for Life 1995)
• David Sanborn, Closer (Verve, 2005)
• Larry Schneider, Ali Girl (SteepleChase, 1997)
• Mark Sholtez, Real Street (Verve, 2006)
• Jim Snidero, MD66 (Savant, 2016)
• Manuel Valera, In Motion (Criss Cross, 2014)
• Gabriel Vicéns, Days (Inner Circle Music, 2015)