Reverberations

On his 14th Criss Cross leader album, titled Reverberations, trumpeter Alex Sipiagin booked a six-concert tour in November by a sextet of long-time friends and bandmates from several facets of activity that constitute his thriving career.

After a few days off, they convened at a well-appointed studio in Bassano del Grappa, the grappa capital of Italy, a 10-minute drive from Sandrigo, the village in the north Italian region of Vicenza, where Sipiagin resides with his wife, Melissa Tham.