Christos and I met at the venue the night of our concert. We have very limited communication before that over email. And as soon as we started playing it was as if we'd known each other all our lives. It was a packed house full of beautiful people! Unfortunately, Duende Jazz Club has since closed due to financial problems because of Covid. There's talk of it relocating once everything opens up again.
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released November 6, 2020
Recorded Live at the Duende Jazz Bar
Thessaloniki, Greece
By Minas Vasiliou, April 4th, 2019
Mastered by Drake Hardin Albuquerque, NM
Cover Art by ACVilla
Layout by Tiny Little Hammers
Christos Yermenoglou started his music studies in Greece, studying byzantine music and drums. He continued in the U.S.A. where he studied drums, classical percussion, latin percussion and jazz. He taught at the University of Nevada Early Childhood Music Program. He is founder and teacher in the Baby Artist: Program for the Musical Development of Infants, Toodlers, and Preschoolers, which operates in Thessaloniki since 2001, and is currently under the auspices of the University of Macedonia, in Thessaloniki, Greece. He has been an instructor of drums in lifelong learning programs for educators at the University of Macedonia. Since 2001, he is teaching drums in public and private conservatories and other educational settings. He has recorded music for theatrical plays and participates in improvisatory projects including music, painting, movement, poetry and drama. He has collaborated with the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of the Municipality of Thessaloniki. He has performed with many musicians from around the world, among which are Milcho Leviev, Mark Whitfield, Sheila Jordan, John Russell, Graig Bailey, Gianni Lenoci, Thollem McDonas, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Sakis Papadimitriou, Akira Sakata. He has participated in international music festivals in Greece and abroad and has extensive personal discography, as well as numerous participations in albums by artists from Greece and other countries.
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I don't just love this album, its almost certainly in my Top 10 albums of all time (like those other 200 or so corkers lol) but this is splendid. Free jazz jams slowly coalescing into the heaviest grooves this side of the Sunn(()), just mind-blowing head candy. Wish I owned the cassette!! :( Monkton Wylde
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So happy to see a new album from this band. I've long been a fan of Mazurek and Parker's work in Tortoise, on top of the CUQ... Anyhow, if you're curious about contemporary jazz, this is a terrific place to start.
Hobie Anthony
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"Pickups groan and scream, tachycardic drums carry a metallic gleam, and the bass lurks with playful menace."
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