The City Of Athens Big Band

The Big Band of the Municipality of Athens was founded in 1998 on the initiative of the virtuoso pianist Yiannis Terezakis and since then it has recorded a very active and important presence in the musical events of the municipality of Athens, but also of the whole of Greece. The repertoire he performs includes historical compositions and arrangements by the pioneers of Big Band musicology and covers a very wide range of jazz musical currents. The Big Band of the Municipality of Athens has performed in all major music and arts halls and festivals in Athens, Thessaloniki and the Greek region. It has been conducted by leading conductors and composers of jazz and contemporary music such as William Russo and Don Owens, while it has collaborated with distinguished Greek and foreign soloists. The musical performers who make up the Big Band of the Municipality of Athens have been selected from among the most capable Greek soloists and are distinguished for their high skill in improvisation and are distinguished for their flexibility in interpreting the different currents of jazz.