JAZZ MONDAYS w/ ATHENS JAZZ SYNDICATE feat. guest artist VASILIS XENOPOULOS (sax)
Mon, Dec 30
|Burger Disco Club
LIVE JAZZ PERFORMANCES, JAM SESSIONS, AND FULL ALBUM VINYL AUDITIONS. AN ALL-THAT-JAZZ EXPERIENCE.
Time & Location
Dec 30, 2024, 7:00 PM – Dec 31, 2024, 2:00 AM
Burger Disco Club, Nikis 11, Athina 105 63, Greece
About the event
IT'S THE MOST JAZZY-FULL TIME OF THE YEAR 🎵
Welcome to Jazz Mondays, an Athens Jazz Syndicate (AJS) residency live music event.
Three live music sets!
Starting at 9pm with the AJS core
Elizabeth Mitsou - Guitar
Harry Pantazis - Bass
Alex Karalias - Drums
featuring guest artists
VASILIS XENOPOULOS
Saxophonist Vasilis Xenopoulos is one of the most accomplished Greek jazz musicians of his generation and a genuine representative of straight ahead jazz. London became his permanent home after graduating with honors from the Berklee College of Music in Boston and gradually established himself as one of London’s up and coming jazz saxophonists. He has worked with some of the best musicians of the International Jazz Scene as a band leader, a section leader and as a guest soloist at various projects.
In 2009 he formed “The Xtet" and their debut album “Loud City" containing 8 original compositions was released on 33Jazz Records in 2011. Two years later he released his second album “The Wind Machine" under the same label, which gained some fine reviews in the top British media such as The Times and BBC radio 3.
His album “DEXTERITY” was released in September, 2019.
V.Xenopoulos is an endorsing artist of JodyJazz Inc., USA and Rigotti Reeds S.A France.
In 2017 Nigel Price and Xenopoulos created the XPQ (Xenopoulos/Price Quartet) and recorded their first album under that brand, “Sidekicks" which celebrates some of the most successful guitar/sax pairings in the history of jazz.
The Guardian praised him recently for being one of the leading examples of European jazz musicians who live and perform in Britain and bringing his continental element to the jazz scene. Further to that, Vasilis has permanent collaborations with artists from Greece and Cyprus where he performs as a leader or guest artist on a regular basis. As a result he is permanently active in three different scenes/markets (British, Greek and Cypriot).
Vasilis’ charismatic performances reveal his truly fabulous style thus his energy and passion interact with his audience. With his great talent, love and respect, he cherishes the instrument’s challenges and pushes it beyond.
His credits also include seminars on Jazz Saxophone and Improvisation.
Doors open at 7pm with food and fine spirits along with the auditioning of eclectic jazz vinyl albums.
Special jazzy €5 tickets OUT NOW.
Free entrance from 7pm till 8:30pm 👌
Book in advance is strongly advised.