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Alekos Vretos: Mediterranean Echoes

by Neil Duggan
October 7, 2026

Standing at the crossroads of jazz improvisation, Arabic modes and Greek folk music, oud virtuoso Alekos Vretos has created an album with a distinctive musical identity. Mediterranean Echoes continues his exploration of the space between traditions, bringing Eastern and Western influences together through an unusual, drummerless quartet with clarinetist Giannis Diskos, pianist Dimitris Verdinoglou and bassist Kimon Karoutzos. Originally conceived as a live project, before evolving into an album, it places ensemble interplay with an appealing chamber quality firmly at ...