Misha Tsiganov - The Artistry of the Standard

For his Criss Cross debut, pianist Misha Tsiganov presents a programme of ten re-imagined songs culled from both the Great American Songbook and the lexicon of post-bop hardcore jazz.

Born in St. Petersburg in the former USSR, and a New Yorker since the mid-'90s, Tsiganov convenes a unit of virtuosos to animate his stimulating charts - trumpeter Alex Sipiagin (himself the leader of ten Criss Cross dates and a participant on two by the collective group Opus 5) and bassist Boris Kozlov, both fellow sons of Russia, A-list tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake, and the kinetic drummer Donald Edwards.

Personnel: Misha Tsiganov (piano), Alex Sipiagin (trumpet, flugelhorn), Seamus Blake (tenor saxophone), Boris Kozlov (bass), Donald Edwards (drums)