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Yako Trio
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Yako Trio is a jazz band formed in 2016 in Thessaloniki, Greece, consisting of:
Leandros Pasias - piano
Vangelis Vrachnos - double bass
Giorgos Klountzos-Chrysidis - drums
‘’It is a real jazz of fire that can be found in both North Greece and Africa and reflects on what we consider modern jazz today. I think Yako Trio from Thessaloniki is one of the best jazz groups in our country.’’ —G. Charonitis, Athinorama, 2020
Three young musicians who, after their studies mainly in jazz, and their musical wanderings in various cities abroad, returned to their hometown with their bags full of a great variety of sounds, experiences and knowledge and the aim of challenging and conversing with their country’s unique traditional sounds and images derived from its rich multicultural history.
The key element for forming the Trio was the work of the well-known Greek musician and composer Yannis Konstantinidis, in particular his arrangement of familiar melodies and rhythms of Greek traditional music
OdesSea
By Yako Trio
Label: Fair Weather Friends
Released: 2022
Track listing: The Call; OdesSea; Afromacedonian Dance; Sand; Indian Dream; Lullaby.
Jim Worsley's Best Jazz Albums Of 2022
by Jim Worsley
2022 has been another fertile year for jazz, both old and new. As this is now the season of giving and reflection, I share with you ten standout records that I had the privilege of reviewing. They are placed in random order for equal credibility. If, however, one did put a saxophone to my head to ...
Yako Trio: OdesSea
by Jim Worsley
Having a wonderful new record from Greece come to the fore is a reminder of how random it all is. There are so many works of brilliance out there, all over the world, that no matter how hard one tries to uncover every stone, it is impossible to come close. It is necessary to be discerning. ...
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