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Apostolos Sideris

Apostolos Sideris was born in 1978 in Athens, Greece, where he had his first musical training, playing the classical flute. By the time he was 15 he had switched to the electric bass. It didn't take long for him to fall in love with the instrument ,and he was soon playing with various rock bands around Athens. By the time he was 17, his focus was directed towards Jazz music, something that led him to make the move and go to Boston, in order to attend Berklee.
During his time at Berklee, he picked up the upright bass and since then it has been his main instrument. While in Boston, he had the fortune to study with a number of exceptional bassists, including Ron Mahdi and John Lockwood
Following his stint in Boston, Apostolos moved to New York and earned his Master's degree in jazz Performance at the City College of NY, while being instructed by bass virtuoso, John Patitucci. During this time, and under the encouragement of Mr Patitucci, Apostolos started widening his musical horizons, drawing inspiration from a number of musical traditions beyond jazz, such us the music of his native country, the different styles coming from Brazil and South America in general as well as the sounds of the orient and North Africa.
Since then he has been freelancing around the States as well as abroad. He has performed with a wide array of musicians ranging from jazz masters such as drummer Clarence Penn, guitarists Lionel Loueke and Rez Abbasi and pianist Leo Genovese, to world music sensations such as composer and oudist Ara Dinkjian, Greek ECM recording artist Savina Yannatou, Syrian vocal master Youssef Khasab and Lebanese composer Ziad Rahbani.  
In addition to being a performer, he is a devoted composer, writing in many different styles, ranging from Jazz to Middle Eastern and Latin influenced music. He currently resides in Istanbul Turkey and he had, until recently, been directing his creative energy mainly toward working with an Ethnic-Jazz group he co-founded, called  MESEL. Recently he released his own jazz album called ‘Σummation’, which was released by Freshsound Records in Barcelona and which consists of his own compositions and improvisations, mixing modern jazz with Greek and Middle Eastern influenced themes.  
In the fall of 2022, Apostolos released his second album ‘Hane', available on all digital platforms. It is an eclectic mix of various stylistic elements, showcasing the composer’s various influences, including his love for Jazz as well as electronic music and the sounds  of his native Greece as well as South America and North Africa.  

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Past-Presented

Parallel Records
2023

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Past Presented

Parallel Records
2023

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Daydreams

ADA Muzik
2020

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Triple Life

Self Produced
2011

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Encounter

From: Past Presented
By Apostolos Sideris

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