- Category: Music » Jazz » Jazz General
- Format: CD Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
- Release Date: February 17, 2009
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: criss cross
- UPC: 8712474131129
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113088814
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #80429 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #6908 in Jazz (See Top 100 Jazz Bestsellers)
- #1028 in Jazz General (See Top 100 Jazz General Bestsellers)
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Product Description
Run a Quick Search on "Mirages" by Alex Sipiagin Quintet to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Mirages"Browse more products related to "Alex Sipiagin Quintet"Product notePersonnel: Alex Sipiagin (trumpet, flugelhorn); Seamus Blake (tenor saxophone); Mulgrew Miller (piano); Boris Kozlov (bass guitar); Johnathan Blake (drums). Title NotePersonnel: Alex Sipiagin (trumpet, flugelhorn); Seamus Blake (tenor saxophone); Mulgrew Miller (piano); Boris Kozlov (bass guitar); Johnathan Blake (drums). Album DescriptionHaving moved out of his comfort zone to work with a different group of sidemen on 2008's Out of the Circle, trumpeter Alex Sipiagin returns to his Criss Cross roots with 2009's Mirages. A fairly straight-ahead affair featuring a heavy dose of progressive post-bop, Mirages is the kind of meat-and-potatoes album that fans of Sipiagin's inventive and highly adventurous playing have come to love. Joining Sipiagin here is equally forward-thinking saxophonist Seamus Blake, pianist Mulgrew Miller, bassist Boris Kozlov, and drummer Johnathan Blake. Sipiagin has long evinced a strong infatuation with the music of the late trumpeter Woody Shaw, and the inclusion of pianist Miller, a member of Shaw's group in the '80s, only deepens that notion. In fact, such tracks as the sparkling opening cut "One for Mike I" and the funkily fractured "Levitin's Kingdom" clearly draw inspiration from Shaw's angular and driving modal style. Of course, as enamored with the future horizon of the music as Sipiagin is, he is also at his core a die-hard student of jazz tradition, as evidenced by his burning mid-album take of Cole Porter's "Just One of Those Things." Beginning, unexpectedly, with a muscular bass solo, the track develops into a "Caravan"-esque tango during the theme and then opens up for a high-octane Sipiagin, who runs the changes with a deft suppleness. Joe Henderson's bluesy "Tetragon" follows suit with more "in but out"-style lines from the ensemble. If Mirages isn't Sipiagin's most boundary-pushing effort, it's certainly one of his most enjoyable. ~ Matt Collar If You Enjoy "Mirages (CD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Mirages (CD)" by Alex Sipiagin Quintet (Artist)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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