NIKOLAS ANADOLIS TRIO -
Nikolas Anadolis is one of only 5 jazz pianists who have been awarded the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris (=1st prize) of the prestigious Concours de piano-jazz Martial Solal in October 2010, a worldwide jazz piano contest taking place only once every 4 years. Jazzonline had the opportunity to get an interview with this very promising young musician. He currently lives in New York where is studying at Berklee College of Music in Boston and received one of two full International Presidential Scholarships.
LAB BAND -
LAB Music Education is pleased to participate at Maroussi Jazz Festival with one of the groups created through the Band Program of the School , with repertoire traveling between jazz standards and Brazilian music . Professor - George Dafnos .
Composed by : Yiannis Mara - drums • Nick Tzamalis - bass • Dionysis Chatzolas - guitar • Gina Evangelatou - vocals.
DEPY SAKELLARIOU QUARTET -
jazz , swing, funk -Songs of Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Amy Winehouse etc - Anthony Priftis, guitar - Vangelis Baliousis, drums - Manos Anagnostopoulos, bass - Depy Sakellariou, vocals -
KONTRAFOURIS BABY TRIO -
George Kontrafouris (musician with an international career and probably the leading and most restless figure of his generation on the Greek jazz scene) and his Baby Trio, plays his Hammond for pleasure and fun. George Kontrafouris, Hammond organ - Ektoras Remsak, drums - Kostas Fanouras,guitar -
YIORGOS FAKANAS GROUP -
Takis Paterelis, sax — Antonis Andreou, trombone - Dimitris Sevdalis, keyboard — Yorgos Fakanas, bass — Alexandros Drakos Ktistakis, drums
The YFG is a jazz fusion band formed by bassist-composer and arranger George Fakanas in 1991. Since then, the band has played in numerous concerts in Greece and abroad. The last three years the group has worked and played with the greatest musicians such as Dave Weckl, Mike Stern, Anthony Jackson, Frank Gambale, Dennis Chambers, Bireli Lagrene, Alex Acuna, Mitch Forman, Tony Lakatos, Eric Marienthal, Greg Howe, Horacio El Negro, Scott Kinsey, Brett Garsed, Bob Franceschini, etc. At the same time, major international music magazines have published reviews on Fakanas discography and classifyed him as one of the most creative and the best bass players and composers of contemporary music (American Bass Player-December issue of 2008, Bass musician magazine, Modern Drummer, Bass guitar magazine, Rhythm, etc.)
DOORS OPEN: 18:00 • START TIME : 19:00 - ENTRY 5 € - tickets: www.viva.gr & 11876