He’s worked with the best and now saxophonist Vasilis Xenopoulos (saxophone) guests at Pangbourne Jazz Club on Sunday (October 6, 7:30pm start).
Xenopoulos is one of the most accomplished Greek jazz musicians of his generation and a genuine representative of straight ahead jazz.
London became his permanent home after graduating with honors from the Berklee College of Music in Boston and gradually established himself as one of London’s up and coming jazz saxophonists.
He has worked with some of the best musicians of the international jazz scene as a band leader, a section leader and as a guest soloist at various projects.
In 2009 he formed The Xtet and their debut album Loud City containing eight original compositions was released on 33Jazz Records in 2011. Two years later he released his second album The Wind Machine under the same label, which gained some fine reviews in the top British media such as The Times and BBC Radio 3.
In 2017 Nigel Price and Xenopoulos created the XPQ (Xenopoulos/Price Quartet) and recorded their first album under that brand, Sidekicks, which celebrates some of the most successful guitar/sax pairings in the history of jazz.
The Guardian praised him recently for being one of the leading examples of European jazz musicians who live and perform in Britain and bringing his continental element to the jazz scene. Further to that Vasilis has permanent collaborations with artists from Greece and Cyprus where he performs as a leader or guest artist on a regular basis. As a result he is permanently active in three different scenes/markets (British, Greek and Cypriot).
Vasilis’ charismatic performances reveal his truly fabulous style thus his energy and passion interact with his audience.
With his great talent, love and respect. he cherishes the instrument’s challenges and pushes it beyond.
His credits also include seminars on Jazz Saxophone and Improvisation.
His album “DEXTERITY” was released in September, 2019.
He will be backed by the Pangbourne Jazz Club Rhythm Section:-
Jim Pollard (piano)
Andy Crowdy (double bass)
Terry Hutchins (guitar)
Brian Greene (drums)
Jazz@PJC, Pangbourne Jazz Club. PJC is a monthly Jazz Club, founded by Keith Howard and Terry Hutchins in 2016, hosted at Pangbourne WMC in the Rosewood Hall, at 1 Whitchurch Rd, Pangbourne, RG8 7BS
They have great guest artists from all over the UK, bringing the best of the British jazz scene on the first Sunday of each and every month – January through to December inclusively.
“The club has a great atmosphere, great audience and great guests – please come down and enjoy the company and the jazz.”
Doors open at 7pm.
First set 7.30pm
Interval 8.30pm
Second set 9pm
£12.50, no need to book, just come along. Bar, free raffle and public car park
Upcoming Concerts: 7.30pm – 10pm
Nov 3 Vocalist Lee Gibson
November 17 Pete Roth Trio featuring Bill Bruford
Dec 1 Simon Spillett sax
Jan 5 David Shier’s Big Colour Big Ban
https://www.pangbournejazzclub.com/
