Spiral TRIO
Spiral TRIO
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About Spiral TRIO
Members Spyros Manesis (right) || piano, compositions Arionas Gyftakis (left) || double bass, compositions Anastasis Gouliaris (center) || drums, compositions The connection, the collaboration of a group of people in order to achieve an artistic result that will arouse the nervous system of the recipient, is a balance between acceptance and initiative. Spyros Manesis grew up in the island of Zakynthos. He loved Beethoven and The Beatles. Later he found his way to Dr. John, and the path to Brad Mehldau, Keith Jarrett and Paul Bley includes many episodes. Arionas Gyftakis grew up in Kalamata. He learned the secrets of music at an early age and when he first heard double bass playing in a jazz group, he knew that his studies in music would go in that direction. Anastasis Gouliaris grew up in Athens, in Peristeri, and among the streets of urban life the music of Tom Waits introduced him to jazz for the first time. Three components, Spyros, Arionas and Anastasis, found themselves with the same teacher learning jazz improvisation. A real collaboration began, exploring at first the jazz standards and the limits of their transformation for personal expression. In 2017 they released their first album "Spiral Trio" (2017, ANKh Music Productions), played in jazz clubs, toured Greece, Spain and Portugal, and this musical experience strengthened the trust and communication between them. The modern approach of the great "company" of Paul Bley, Keith Jarrett, Paul Motian, Bill Evans, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Peacock, Steve Lacy, etc. is what the trio has accepted over time as their musical identity and direction. Interplay is now becoming an important element of their performance style and as the musicians mature this happens with greater clarity and focus. They explore the spaces that their music makes and it is through these that the original compositions emerge that now form the largest part of their repertoire, which is recorded in their latest album "Broken Blue" (2022, Odradek Records). They play at major festivals in Greece and test their compositions in jazz clubs and on tour. From 2014 to the present day the members of the trio have shared the stage, a car full of instruments on tour, the studio, the rehearsal, the nervousness before a big live gig, the insecurity after a bad gig, the different expectations, the different speeds, the different circumstances of life, the feeling of shared success after a good take in the studio ... and balance arises because someone accepted something they might disagree with and someone else took the initiative to lead when they felt confident inside. Festival participations and notable club performances 2016 - Athenaeum Kelari, series of concerts, Athens, Greece - Duende Jazz Bar, Thessaloniki, Greece 2017 - Gmlstn Jazz festival / Gothenburg, Sweden - Athens Technopolis Jazz Festival (Collaboration with Symphonic Orchestra of Municipality of Athens) / Athens, Greece 2018 Tour in Spain and Portugal - Hot Club de Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal - Sala Clamores, Madrid, Spain - Rubicon Jazz Bar, Santander, Spain - Clarence Jazz Club, Malaga, Spain - Jimmy Glass Jazz Bar, Valencia, Spain 2019 - Half Note Jazz Club, Athens, Greece - Cultural Center Linto, Larissa, Greece - “The spring of the Keys” Festival, Kalamata, Greece - Aegina International Music Festival, Island of Aegina, Greece - Naxos Festival – Bazaios Tower, Isalnd of Naxos, Greece 2020 - ”Jazz Chronicles” Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece Tour in Spain and Portugal - Lux, Granada, Spain - Espacio Turina, Sevilla, Spain - Clarence Jazz Club, Malaga, Spain - Rubicon Jazz Bar, Santander, Spain - Jimmy Glass Jazz Bar,, Valencia, Spain - Hot Club de Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal 2021 Series of online concerts at the Half Note Jazz Club, Athens, Greece. 2022 - Half Note Jazz Club (collaboration with saxophonist Dimitris Tsakas), Athens, Greece, - Routes in Marpissa Festival, Island of Paros, Greece - Syros Jazz Festival, Island of Syros, Greece. - Spiral Trio "Broken Blue" CD Presentation at Half Note Jazz Club, Athens, Greece - Spiral Trio Tribute to Nino Rota at B & E Goulandris Foundation | Athens, Greece Tour in Spain and Portugal - Antiguo Instituto, Gijon, Spain - Altxerri Jazz Bar, San Sebastian, Spain - Hot Club de Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal (2 nights) 2023 - Half Note Jazz Club, Athens, Greece, -Zig Zag Jazz Clug, Berlin, Germany -International Athens Jazz Festival, Athens, Greece Tour in Spain -Bilbaina Jazz Club, Bilbao, Spain -Meidinerz Jazz Club, Gijon, Spain -Assejazz, Sevilla, Spain -Granada Jazz Festival, Granada, Spain -Vlatos Jazz Festival, Crete, Greece -Papagos Music Festival, Athens, Greece -Aegina International Music Festival, Aegina, Greece -Jazz in the Park, Athens, Greece -Jazz in Progress Festival, Heraklion, Crete, Greece 2024 -BlackBox Jazz Music Festival, Athens, Greece -Half Note Jazz Club, Athens, Greece - International Kalamata Music Days, Kalamata, Greece - The Poland Tour, September 2024
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