New sextet album Balance 38-58 is the latest from Alex Sipiagin – alto saxist David Binney, guitarist Adam Rogers, pianist John Escreet, bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Eric Harland joining the trumpeter on this Brooklyn-recorded Criss Cross label studio release two years on from his quartet album Overlooking Moments.

Out on 17 February the title track comes first with ‘Way to Her,’ ‘Momentum,’ ‘Echoes of Thought’ and ‘Balance’ all the Mingus Big Band and Brecker Quindectet alumnus’ own tunes following, Binney’s ‘Yragon’ and ‘Trio Whale’ completing the material. Alex Sipiagin, above