Prespes

'Prespes' is an electric jazz blend album, sometimes dense, occasionally atmospheric, icy, emotive, with understated hellenic ethnic elements. Allos Topos, Busy, Prespes, Samba, Ties and View tracks are composed by Loukas Hadellis while Bittersweet Road track is composed by Nadia who designed cover ArtWork. The quartet consists of : Loukas Hadellis (electric guitar, guitar synth) Yiotis Kiourtsoglou (electric bass) Nikos Kalantzakos (piano, keyboards) Stefanos Dimitriou (drums). Loukas Hadellis was born in Volos and lives in Patras and Platamonas, Greece. Started guitar early. Studied classical guitar, jazz and modern musical forms. For over 30 years he is playing jazz, fusion, blues and rock, writing music and performing with trios and quartets. Co-organized jazz seminars, being electric guitar instructor. He is working as an electrical engineer (m.eng, & phd) in musical sound engineering and other fields. Yiotis Kiourtsoglou was born in Kozani and lives in Athens, Greece. Studied at Musicians Institute Los Angeles with scholarship. World class bassist / Recording artist / Clinician. Participated in numerous and diverse recordings, concerts, live performances and productions. Nikos Kalantzakos was born in Athens Greece and lives there. Started early with classical guitar and keyed instruments. Studied classical piano and modern harmony / arrangement. Plays drums and other percussion instruments. For the past 20 years has played innumerable recordings, live performances, arrangements and productions. Stefanos Dimitriou was born in Volos and lives in Athens, Greece. Studied drums at the Athens Conservatory and attended drum lessons/seminars with top world drummers. Is considered to be one of the most in demand session drummers in Greece. Over 25 years of live performances, teaching performances and studio works. Participated in numerous recordings and concerts. The 'Prespes' album was recorded live by Michalis Nikoloudis at Aiolia Studios Athens Greece, audio processed & mixed by Loukas Hadellis and carefully mastered by Simon Smart at Fifth Ave Audio Mastering NYC. Prespes are two lakes in northern Greece border shared with two neighboring countries. They form a biotope. I am thankful to Yiotis, Nikos and Stefanos for their great playing, beautiful ideas and overall contribution. Also thank my friends John Mourjopoulos and Lefteris Flegas for useful discussions, ideas and advises during audio mix. 'Prespes' is dedicated to Nadia. Reviews 'Prespes' Track at All About Jazz: Top 25 Recently Recommended Downloads, Featured: 2014-05-25 Editor's Comments : 3,5 stars / ' Like stalactites and stalagmites that mesmerize' 'Busy' Track at All About Jazz: Most popular mp3 - last 30 days, Featured: 2014-10-10 Editor's Comments : 4 stars / ' Off-the-chart funking awesome. If you aren't wiggling something after this...get a transfusion. #grooveygreeks' CD Baby, Jazz - Jazz Quartet Top Album : 2014-11-24 Contact information: https://myspace.com/loukashadellis lukehdlls@gmail.com.