An underground hard bop artist.
Dimitrios Vassilakis/Dimitri Vassilakis an internationally acclaimed Greek saxophonist/vocalist/composer/educator, 4 award-winning albums for historic jazz label Candid Records. Appeared all around the globe, notably in New York at Dizzy’ s Club - Jazz at The Lincoln Center, Birdland, Yale, Natural History Museum DC Smithsonian Institute, Jazz Showcase, Onassis Cultural Center, London Jazz Festival Ronnie Scott’s and major festivals. Taught at Yale, Queens, Skidmore, Columbia, DePaul, Georgia Tech, Paris Conservatoire, Singularity, Aristotle and Macedonia Universities, since 2017 adjunct faculty at the Athens University. Played/recorded with jazz greats: David Liebman, Jeff «Tain» Watts, Abdullah Ibrahim, Ralph Peterson, Marc Johnson, Essiet Essiet, Dave Kikoski, Dan Wall, Andy Sheppard, Adam Nussbaum, Benito Gonzalez, Jamie Cullum. Presented his concept “Jazz Democracy” at the United Nations New York for International Jazz Day 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9dNloN6oGM Founder/director of Rhodes & South Aegean International Jazz Festival in sisterhood with Bodrum & Ankara Jazz Festivals. https://www.redwoodentertainment.com/dimitri-vassilakis “Infinite grace poetry and passion” “Greek saxophone prodigy Dimitri Vassilakis is revered as the Hellenic god of post-modern expression. A rhapsodic stylist of immense power and authority” BBC Music Magazine («Daedalus Project – Labyrinth» album of the month March 2002, voted 2nd jazz album of the year 2002 for the BBC).
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Dimitrios Vassilakis plays post-bop and hard bop jazz, blending traditional acoustic instrumentation with Mediterranean influences and expressive saxophone improvisation.
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Dimitrios Vassilakis is a jazz saxophonist and composer from Athens, Greece.
