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Greek Jazz Travels to Frankfurt, Germany

Three musicians from Thessaloniki – saxophonist Floros Floridis (in charge of the woodwind instruments), Antonis Anissegos (piano) and Giorgos Dimitriadis (percussion instruments) will make an appearance on Saturday, May 5 in Frankfurt.

They form an artistic trio and produce original musical pieces by improvising with melodies and rhythms of Greek traditional music and particularly Epirus music. Their CD “Sweet, Sour, Sharp & Soft,” appeared in the jazz industry in early 2009, and according to its creators it involves sonic cross-pollination, which means that each trio member contributes his fair share to the success of the CD.

Floros Floridis, a world traveler, is best known in the jazz world for his collaborations with like-minded experimental musicians, most notably the late Wupertal-based bassist Peter Kowald and drummer Günther “Baby” Sommer of Dresden. The also well-traveled Anissegos composes and performs orchestral, chamber and theatre compositions throughout Europe and Asia following extensive academic studies throughout. Last but not least, Dimitriadis moved from rock music, to studies in Boston with master jazz drummers Alan Dawson and Bob Moses, and then was exposed to Free Music through Floridis-organized gigs in Thessaloniki. During a decade in Paris, the drummer played in French jazz groups, and gigs with legendary American bassist Sirone as well as with Grix.

“The musical scheme trio Grix, which consists of three musicians that now live in Berlin, musically follows a modern approach of melodies, sound textures and rhythms of the Greek music with experiences from the wider area of creative jazz as a common factor,” states a Polytropon announcement, the press agency that was founded in 2010 by journalist Vasilis Chatzivassios in Frankfurt, Germany.

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