Introducing Opus 5
Seamus Blake (Ts) Alex Sipiagin (Tp / Flh) David Kikoski (P / Fender Rhodes) Boris Kozlov (B) Donald Edwards (D)
An empathetic power of five is at work in the collaborative project known as Opus 5, working in the long shadow of the great vintage quintets, ala Blakey and pre-electric Miles Davis.
On the front line, tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake and rising star trumpeter Alex Sipiagina Russian in NYCare bolstered by pianist David Kikoski, drummer Donald Edwards and another bold Russian émigré, bassist Boris Kozlov.
In the song set are compositions by bandmembers, George Cables' Think of Me," Braziliana by Toninho Horta, and the reborn Russian folk tune Sokol." Honoring the Russian roots within the band.
Seamus Blake (Ts) Alex Sipiagin (Tp / Flh) David Kikoski (P / Fender Rhodes) Boris Kozlov (B) Donald Edwards (D)
An empathetic power of five is at work in the collaborative project known as Opus 5, working in the long shadow of the great vintage quintets, ala Blakey and pre-electric Miles Davis.
On the front line, tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake and rising star trumpeter Alex Sipiagina Russian in NYCare bolstered by pianist David Kikoski, drummer Donald Edwards and another bold Russian émigré, bassist Boris Kozlov.
In the song set are compositions by bandmembers, George Cables' Think of Me," Braziliana by Toninho Horta, and the reborn Russian folk tune Sokol." Honoring the Russian roots within the band.