The jazz & extra part opens this yr’s occasions of the Patras Worldwide Competition at 9.30 this night Friday 14/06/2023 within the courtyard of the brand new city corridor (outdated Arsakeio).
Jazz followers and… not solely, will attend a three-day musical feast and guided tour by particular artists on the streets of jazz and its “uncharted” paths.
PREMIERE WITH “KOLIDA BABO”
Subsequent Friday evening, “Kolida Babo”, two musicians who concentrate on wind devices with sounds and influences from totally different areas of Greece, will depart their mark on the premiere of the establishment. Sokratis Votskos from Pella and Haris P. from Athens, guided by creativity and “car” collective expression, will reveal on stage why jazz and music typically is a common language that ought to be accessible to everybody.
Within the stay periods they discover the normal music of Armenia and the people traditions of Epirus and Thrace in relation to summary electronics and free jazz.
CONTINUATION ON SATURDAY JUNE 15 WITH “THE HARPER TRIO”
Maria-Christina Harper, electrical jazz harpist and composer, takes the baton on Saturday, June 16, as a way to rediscover the sound of the harp within the jazz world.
By her curiosity in overcoming the normal boundaries of the harp, she presents the instrument in new and thrilling methods, combining her conventional musical roots with free jazz to create an irresistible, thrilling sound universe, the place East meets West.
Maria-Christina has collaborated with two excellent acclaimed musicians. With drummer Evan Jenkins and dynamic saxophonist Josephine Davies forming the musical group Harper Trio for which he created seven unique compositions. The compositions flirt with avant-garde and psychedelic sounds, creating an especially fascinating religious jazz soundscape.
Contributors: Maria-Christina (harp), Evan Jenkins (drums), Josephine Davies (saxophone).
CLIMATE AND FINAL WITH THE ALEKOS VRETOS QUARTET “MEDITERRANEAN ECHOES”
The three days of the “Jazz & extra” part culminates and concludes on Sunday, June 16 within the courtyard of the outdated Arsakei with the looks of Alekos Vretos Mediterranean Echoes, which this time doesn’t embody percussion or drums.
Right here the rhythm is implied, leaving room for the musicians to make use of the melodies to say what they need. The oud with the normal clarinet of Yiannis Diskos, and the bass of Dinos Manos with the piano of Dimitris Verdinoglou converse effortlessly.
Prime artists weave their very own components onto the melodies they’re requested to carry out and make them their very own, with out depriving them of the unique coloration and which means. The compositions that will probably be heard are from all 4, because the collective musical character dominates.
Favourite compositions by Ara Dinkjian, Simon Shaheen, Anouar Brahem, and many others. are interspersed among the many compositions.
CONTRIBUTORS Yannis Diskos (clarinet), Dimitris Verdinoglou (piano), Dinos Manos (bass), Alekos Vretos (out).
Ticket costs: Common admission €10.00, scholar admission – unemployed and folks over 65 years outdated €7.00 – Whole “package deal” for all three days €20.00 (FOR THREE DAYS).
Ticket issuance at ticketservices.gr and earlier than the beginning of the live shows on the entrance of the outdated Arsakeion.
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