The Tinos Jazz festival is organized by an active cultural foundation, helped by motivated staff members, capable and voluntary, related to a lot of precious friends, and all of this in the heart of the Agean Sea.
6 live shows over 3 nights -
AUGUST 30, 2013 - Manos Theodosakis sextet feat. M. Verouli (Tribute to Cole Porter) - Alekos Vretos Quintet
Manos Theodosakis sextet feat. Miranda Merouli - Tribute to Cole Porter
Miranda Verouli (vocals), Manos Theodosakis (trumpet/arrangements), Antonis Andreou (trombone), Dimitris Tsakas (alto saxophone), Costis Christodoulou (piano), Yiorgos Georgiadis (double bass), Alex Drakos Ktistakis (drums).Witty, sophisticated, ebullient, passionate: these are the qualities of genious Broadway and Hollywood composer Cole Porter that color its songs and give the tone to the all fresh jazz arrangements of trumpetist, arranger, and band leader Manos Theodosakis. Complex arrangements that are being rendered with virtuosity by the top Greek jazzmen of the band Crazy Pople Music and Miranda Verouli on vocals
Alekos Vretos Quintet
Dimitris Sevdalis, piano - Eleni Vassileiadou - Dimitris Christopoulos, bass - Dimitris Klonis, drums - Alekos Vretos, outi —
Greek oudist, pianist and composer Alekos Vretos has been merging jazz, Arabic, Greek and Latin music in a masterful blend of sounds from traditional instruments, such as the oud or the nay, vs. the modern ones. As a bandleader, Alekos has developed a unique atmosphere for his music: keeping traditional sound in the front line, he expands it through jazz improvisation and exploding rhythmic development. “Mergin’”, his first personal album released in 2009 — following ‘Yunan’ with The Meliti Ensemble in 2004 — was welcomed by audience and critics. A bold and tasteful blend of Jazz and Arabic improvisation, “Mergin’” takes oud playing to uncharted territories. A heavy jazz taste and a fine traditional Arabic scent emerges from the stimulating matching with musicians such as Bassam Saba and Takis Paterelis on this live — like recorded album. “Mergin’” was launched by Jadeo Music, an indie record and management company Alekos founded in Athens, featuring world, jazz and classical music and fellow artists. He was included in 2013 list of the 100+1 most influential people in the Greek music scene.
More on Alekos Vretos : http://www.jazzonline.gr/en/musicians/item/1710-vretos-alekos.html
AUGUST 31, 2013 - Petros Klampanis & J.P. Pilc Duet - Leonidas Sarantopoulos
Petros Klampanis & J.P. Pilc Duet
Klampanis/Pil duet will present original compositions and imaginative arrangements of well known songs. Jean-Michel Pilk creates a huge variety of sounds and evokes intimate emotions, through his sophisticated improvisations on the piano, while Petros Klampanis takes full advantage of his bass expression potential, which he either uses it as a percussion instrument or samples it through a loop pedal.
More about Petros Klampanis http://www.jazzonline.gr/en/musicians/item/45-klampanis-petros.html
Leonidas Sarantopoulos - Black Mamba
The flutist and composer L. Saradopoulos studied at the jazz department of the Ionian University.
There he met the other members of the quartet T. Kotsifas (guitar), K. Christodoulou (keyboards), B. Podaras (drums). The four musicians are actively involved in the Athens jazz scene playing in numerous group of established musicians.They play original compositions from the album Black Mamba (2012) . Starting with the Jazz, these compositions rest on diverse musical traditions of Greece and the wider area of the Eastern Mediterranean. The album was released in September 2012 on CD and electronically
More about Leonidas Sarantopoulos: http://www.jazzonline.gr/en/musicians/item/996-sarantopoulos-leonidas.html
More about BlackMamba http://www.jazzonline.gr/en/cd-releases/item/997-black-mamba.html
SEPTEMBER 1, 2013 - Manfred Schoof Quartet - "Swinging Jazz Athenaeum" -
Manfred Schoof Quartet
Manfred Schoof, trumpet — Vassilis Podaras, drums — Dinos Manos, bass — Yannis Papadopoulos, piano
Founder of European free jazz, Manfred Schoof collaborated with Albert Mangelsdorff, Peter Brötzmann, Mal Waldron, and Irène Schweizer. Schoof won various jazz prizes and is involved in the German musical rights association, since 2007 he is chairman of the Union Deutscher Jazzmusiker. He has been a professor in Cologne since 1990.
Manfred Schoof grew up perfecting his innovative jazz style, often practicing on either his jazz trumpet or his flügelhorn. By the time he reached high school, Schoof was composing his own arrangements. In 1955, Schoof decided to purse a musical career, enrolling in the Music Academy (Musikakademie) at Kassel. After studying and performing there for three years, he moved to further his studies at the Cologne Musikhochschule. While there, Schoof took a jazz class by Kurt Edelhagen, a West German bandleader who also had his own radio program. Schoof and Edelhagen established a musical connection, with the pupil contributing to the teacher's Radio Big Band radio show. At the same time, Schoof began touring with Gunter Hampel. In 1965, Schoof created a free jazz quintet with Gerd Dudek and Alex Von Schlippenbach. It would be the foundation for another band he formed in 1969, the Manfred Schoof Orchestra. The group toured throughout Germany and Europe, featuring Evan Parker and Irène Schweizer, among others. In 1969, he joined the George Russell Orchestra and stayed with the band until 1971. Throughout the next two decades, Schoof expanded his musical horizons, recording and performing with several groups, including Global Unity Orchestra and Jasper Van't Hof. He also began composing classical music pieces, often composing them for the Berlin Philharmonic.
-Swinging Jazz Athenaeum
Student concert of the Jazz department of the Athenaeum Conservatory "Swinging Jazz ATHENAEUM" Young musicians present the most representative currents of JAZZ of the 20th century, under the instruction and the orchestrations of Sylvio Syrros.
Mado Panagiotaki, Christina Syriopoulou, vocals — Amalia Koydouri, flute — Spyros Rodogiannis, sax — Byronas Goudelis, sax — Tryfonas Thomopoulos, piano — Christos Kkoromilas, bass — Alexios Antonopoulos, drums — Teaching & Orchestration Sylvio Syrros
