Mirrors liner notes The title Mirrors came to me naturally as I was conceptualizing my third album for Criss Cross. At this point in my life, I was experiencing amazement over fatherhood and in watching my infact son, I had the sensation of looking into a mirror. Most of the songs on this record were written under this impression. In both the musical and mental sense, I feel almost all the songs have a reflection in harmony and in the phrase. For example, when I would think of a melody, I sort of wanted to create an echo of the phrase, as in the song "Travel" which has many elements of this, and of course the song "Mirror." In the latter, I was trying to create an acoustic effect similar to that of a record being played backwards, as though looking into a mirror and seeing the reflection backwards. As in my previous albums, I have chosen to cover another of my favorite Charles Mingus compositions, this time "Tijuana Gift Shop." We play this often in the Mingus Big Band and I feel the song so deeply inside me that I felt I could afford to do my own version. Once again, most of this music was written while I was traveling, which I feel is my most productive time. Amongst these travels I was with the Dave Holland Big Band and many of the songs are laced with inspiration from his music. I dedicate this album to my wife. Alex Sipiagin Def 1 (from "Mirrors") Tijuana Gift Shop (from "Mirrors") Travel (from "Mirrors") Crossing (from "Mirrors") Mirror (from "Mirrors) Def 2 (from "Mirrors") Mood One (from "Mirrors") personnel Alex Sipiagin (trumpet, flugelhorn) Seamus Blake (tenor sax) Adam Rogers (guitar) David Kikoski (piano) Boris Kozlov (bass) Jonathan Blake (drums) Donny McCaslin (tenor & soprano sax - tracks 2 & 3) Josh Roseman (trombone - track 3) Produced by Gerry Teekens Executive Producer: K. Hasselpflug Recording Engineer: Max Bolleman Recorded: June 2, 2002 Photography: Gildas Bocle Cover Design: Gerry Teekens & H. Bloemendaal © 2006 Alex Sipiagin Contact Us About ArtistShare my Account