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Take Five with Markos Chaidemenos

by AAJ Staff
April 16, 2021

Meet Markos ChaidemenosMarkos Chaidemenos is a jazz musician who discovered his love for piano at the age of 16 (2005) and his passion for jazz at the age of 22. Although Markos earned his first bachelor at Informatics & Telecommunications in National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, he never worked in the field. After he mastered classical piano in Athina Conservatory he completed his jazz piano studies at Praxis Conservatory. Later, he received a master degree in Jazz Performance after ...

Album Review

Markos Chaidemenos: McModal

Read "McModal" reviewed by Phillip Woolever

by Phillip Woolever
August 7, 2020

The Greek pianist Markos Chaidemenos has released a wonderfully uplifting tribute to the late McCoy Tyner with this track, in anticipation of a full-length album. The song was recorded live in Athens at The Zoo. It has a feel of focused spontaneity that dances through the ear and bears repeated listening very well, capturing Tyner's essence without sinking into unworthy derivatives. Tidbits seemingly inspired by familiar compositions like “The Greeting" spark up as Chaidemenos sticks to an amalgamated ...