{"id":10929,"date":"2023-03-30T16:55:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/?p=10929"},"modified":"2023-04-28T11:31:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T08:31:57","slug":"22nd-athens-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/22nd-athens-jazz\/","title":{"rendered":"22nd Athens Jazz | The Greek jazz scene in the spotlight! Meet Spiral Trio, Nefeli Fasouli Quintet and Thomas Mitrousis Quartet"},"content":{"rendered":"

22<\/strong>nd<\/strong><\/sup> <\/strong>Athens <\/strong>Jazz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

22 \u2013 29.05.2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

City of Athens: The Greek jazz scene in the spotlight of the Athens Jazz!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet Spiral Trio, Nefeli Fasouli Quintet and Thomas Mitrousis Quartet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three Greek bands chosen by the festival's artistic committee will spectacularly open this year's event<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 22nd\u00a0Athens Jazz\u00a0is back bigger than ever, from\u00a0May 22 to 29, 2023,\u00a0at the\u00a0Technopolis City of Athens, with exciting happenings full of music, parallel events, and many more to be enjoyed by all, with free admission.\u00a0As always, this year, the largest jazz festival in Greece dedicates its\u00a0first day\u00a0to Greek jazz, honouring the local jazz scene and its latest trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So,\u00a0on Monday, May 22, the audience will enjoy\u00a0the three Greek bands\u00a0chosen by the festival\u2019s\u00a0artistic committee, which consists of\u00a0George Charonitis (journalist, music editor),\u00a0George Mouchtaridis (radio producer, head of Athens Voice Radio 102.5) and\u00a0Leonidas Antonopoulos\u00a0(journalist, head of Kosmos 93.6). The three jazz bands stood out among over 150 nominations \u2013 the biggest number ever! The increasingly thriving local jazz scene will take the stage on the first day of the 22nd Athens Jazz, represented by the\u00a0Spiral Trio, the\u00a0Nefeli Fasouli Quintet\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0Thomas Mitrousis Quartet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Spiral Trio\u00a0will\u00a0officially represent\u00a0Greece in the festival's international program.\u00a0The virtuosos Spyros Manesis, Arionas Gyftakis, and Anastasis Gouliaris who joined their creative forces more than a decade ago, promise to mesmerise the audience with their bold improvisations, a boost for mind and soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the same day, the Technopolis stage will welcome the\u00a0Nefeli Fasouli Quintet,\u00a0which stood out in the\u00a0Jazz+ category\u00a0as it masterfully combines the tradition of African-American jazz with Greek folk music. The charismatic Nefeli Fasouli with her newly formed band will present her successful album \u201cO Kosmos sou\u201d, along with new compositions and improvisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, of course, the audience will be introduced to the diverse sound of the much-promising\u00a0Thomas Mitrousis Quartet, the festival's\u00a0new music proposal, which stands out for creatively mixing different music genres, its imaginative orchestrations and modern aesthetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three dynamic Greek jazz bands opening the festival will set the pace for the following days as they will seamlessly pass the \u201dbaton\u201d to a diverse international artistic program,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

proving that jazz knows no borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, Technopolis will become the meeting point of Athenians and visitors to the city, featuring\u00a0world-famous names\u00a0and\u00a0budding jazz artists and bands\u00a0from all over the globe. The festival that every year marks the beginning of the concert summer in Technopolis, this year is bigger than ever, adding another day, with a\u00a0closing surprise event. Stay tuned as this year's festival's full line-up, parallel events, and surprises will be announced soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet the winners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spiral Trio \u2013 Greece \/ Official participation\nSpyros Manesis: piano \/ Arionas Gyftakis: double bass \/ Anastasis Gouliaris: drums<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spiral Trio, aka Spyros Manesis, Arionas Gyftakis and Anastasis Gouliaris, was founded in 2012. All three of them started their jazz quest by experimenting with jazz standards. By the time of their first album recording, they had tried their musical pursuits by appearing in clubs and jazz festivals in Greece and Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trio is into modern jazz, influenced by great jazz performers, while the tradition of jazz playing is omnipresent in their music. The continuous interplay and improvisational interaction are essential in their approach to jazz. Combined with their high-level improvisational skills, they create a fascinating result featuring strong elements of surprise, adventure, freshness, travelling the mind and soothing the soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have released two albums. Their debut album \u201cSpiral Trio\u201d, released in 2017 by ANKh Music Productions, includes almost exclusively jazz standards. The internationally acclaimed \u201cBroken Blue\u201d, released in 2022 by the American record label Odradek Records, includes their own compositions. In addition, they have had three successful concert tours in the Iberian Peninsula while appearing at prestigious festivals and cultural venues in Greece. At the Athens Jazz festival, they will present compositions from their past and upcoming albums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nefeli Fasouli Quintet \u2013 Greece \/ Jazz+\nNefeli Fasouli: singing and composition \/ Leandros Pasias: piano and composition \/ James Wylie: saxophone \/ Ntinos Manos: bass \/ George Klountzos-Chrysidis: drums<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nefeli Fasouli is one of the young singers of jazz and folk music in Greece. A year and a half after the release of her first personal album, \u201cO Kosmos sou\u201d (lyrics and music by Foivos Delivorias), and living between New York and Athens, Nefeli Fasouli is back where she started to present her favourite genre: jazz music. As a Fulbright scholar with an art scholarship, she has spent the last year in New York studying jazz and collaborating with the New York Gypsy All Stars, producer Misha Piatigorsky, trumpeter Benny Bennack and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a particularly successful year with sold-out performances in Greece, tours in Greece and Turkey and live shows in New York, Nefeli Fasouli creates this year an anthology of her different selves and, starting from improvisation, presents again tracks from the album \u201cO Kosmos sou\u201d, along with brand new compositions, in which she has written either the music or lyrics. With her\u00a0newly formed group, representative of the live jazz scene of Thessaloniki, she shares the same passion for jazz and Greek folk music as an everlasting starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Mitrousis Quartet \u2013 Greece \/ New music proposal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Mitrousis: guitar \/ Kostas Giaxoglou: piano \/ Paraskevas Kitsos: double bass \/ Dimitris Klonis: drums<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new music proposal of the 22nd Athens Jazz is the Thomas Mitrousis Quartet.\u00a0Guitarist and composer Thomas Mitrousis introduces himself through his debut album \u201cThe Seed\u201d, consisting of eight compositions with clear references to modern jazz and classical and post-rock music influences. The continuous alternations of emotions and images, the Baroque elements and the impressionistic mood are an integral part of the quartet\u2019s first work, which, although it combines heterogeneous elements, has a single and solid musical foundation. Exploring the different timbres and instrumental possibilities, the Thomas Mitrousis Quartet manages to maintain an impressive sound diversity with a modern aesthetic approach through its imaginative orchestrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Stay tuned to Athens Jazz through its channels on\u00a0Facebook,\u00a0Instagram\u00a0and\u00a0its official page.\u00a0And remember to subscribe to\u00a0the Athens Jazz\u00a0channel on Youtube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#AthensJazz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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