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Alekos Vretos Project at Rich Mix
Courtesy of Alekos Vretos | Posted on January 20, 2015
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Fri, February 20, 2015
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Greek oudist, pianist and composer Alekos Vretos merges jazz, Arabic, Greek and Latin music in a masterful and uplifting blend of sounds. Berklee-trained and known as ’The Jazz foreman’, “Alekos Vretos is not your average jazz musician, he has taken it personally to propagate world jazz music to everyone.” (Athens Voice)
Joined by London’s Latin jazz piano maestro John Crawford, Teymour Housego on evocative Indian flutes (bansouri), leading acoustic bassist Andrea di Biase and on drums Simon Pearson (The Wedding Present), this new combination is set to result in an exciting and fresh sound with plenty of sparks....