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Vasilis Xenopoulos

Saxophonist, composer and educator, 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

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Feels Like Home

Label: Ubuntu Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Going Home; The Coast; Lockdown London; Coming Home to You; Memories of Home; Get Off My Lawn; From Something To Somewhere; Mikey’s Samba.

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Article: Year in Review

Neil Duggan's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

Read "Neil Duggan's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024" reviewed by Neil Duggan


When writing a review, an album receives intense, repeated listening. Once the review is completed, attention swiftly shifts to the next musical work. During breaks from critical listening, these albums remained favorites, enjoyed simply for the pure pleasure they brought. Albums by Oded Tzur (reviewed here) and Lynne Arriale (reviewed here) could also be added to ...

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Article: Album Review

Vasilis Xenopoulos Paul Edis Quartet: Feels Like Home

Read "Feels Like Home" reviewed by Neil Duggan


The various meanings of home are the themes behind Feels Like Home--somewhere to belong to, a place to rejoin loved ones, a birthplace. This is the second album from Vasilis Xenopoulos and Paul Edis. They began playing together 20 years ago, when they both relocated to London to study. It follows on from A Narrow Escape ...

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Signs of Life by Zoöphyte

Label: Howlin' Werewolf
Released: 2020
Track listing: Los Retablos; Füsun; Stone Cold Killah; House on the Corner; Olive, Butterfly & Stork; (Feel Like I'm) Chained to a Rock; The Caribou; What's Your Favourite Planet?; My Dreams Are All in Black and White; Füsun (alt take)

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Article: Album Review

Zoöphyte: Signs Of Life

Read "Signs Of Life" reviewed by Ian Patterson


A zoophyte is the ancient Greek term for an invertebrate animal resembling a plant. So, an odd name for a band, perhaps. Mythical zoophytes, like the plant that grew sheep as its fruit, were commonplace in Medieval herbals--tomes describing the culinary, toxic, hallucinatory, aromatic, and magical qualities of plants. These were, in less scientific times, attempts ...

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DEXTERITY

Label: AVJ PRODUCTIONS (www.avjproductions.com)
Released: 2019

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Vasilis Xenopoulos

Read "Take Five with Vasilis Xenopoulos" reviewed by AAJ Staff


About Vasilis Xenopoulos Saxophonist, composer and educator 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 ...

Album

Sidekicks

Label: Trio Records
Released: 2017

Album

A Narrow Escape

Label: Paul Edis Music
Released: 2017


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