Title
Creator
Instrument
Discography
Ode to Yannis (self-released) 2018
OdesSea (FWF records) 2022
As a sideman:
Antonis Anissegos: Blindsight (self-released) 2019
One Off: Mud + Razor (Fair Weather Friends Records) 2020
Groups
Short Biography
George Klountzos-Chrysidis was born in Thessaloniki in 1991. He began his craft in 2001 at the Modern Conservatory of Thessaloniki under the guidance of Costas Pagonidis. In 2008, he moved to France in order to continue his studies at the Conservatory of Nice. During that time he participated to well-known festivals, such as the Nice Jazz Festival, Nuits du Sud and others. In 2011 he entered the prestigious Regional Conservatory of Lyon. He founded his first jazz band, a tribute to saxophonist legend Hank Mobley. Mobley was one of the reasons he started his musical journey and has always been an inspiration to him. In 2013 he took part in the Jazz à Vienne Festival with the big band of his Conservatory. He had the chance to meet the American drummer Leon Parker, who encouraged him to move to Paris in order to follow private lessons with him during the next two years.
In 2016 he traveled for the first time to New York. It was a defining moment of his career as he participated in saxophonist Diego Rivera's Quartet for many representations in Detroit, Michigan. He had the opportunity to also work with infamous pianist Xavier Davis, who was playing as a guest. Throughout his stay in the United States, he attended lessons by Rodney Whitaker and Randy "Uncle G" Gelispie at Michigan's State University. He had the occasion to work with musicians like: Xavier Davis, Ricky Ford, Nicolas Masson, Diego Rivera, Craig Bailey, Baptiste Herbin, Pierre Marcus, Robert Lucaciu, Marc Abrams, David Lynch, Ziad Rajab, Ivo Papasov to name a few.
He is a founding member of the Yako Trio, along with the pianist Leandros Pasias and the bassist Vagelis Vrachnos.
The trio's debut album, entitled "Ode to Υannis", was released in 2018.
Short biography in greek
Το 2016 ταξίδεψε για πρώτη φορά στη Νέα Υόρκη. Ήταν μια καθοριστική στιγμή στην καριέρα του, καθώς συμμετείχε στο κουαρτέτο του σαξοφωνίστα Diego Rivera για αρκετές φορές στο Ντιτρόιτ. Είχε επίσης την ευκαιρία να δουλέψει με τον διάσημο πιανίστα Xavier Davis, που έπαιζε ως προσκεκλημένος στο γκρουπ. Καθ' όλη τη διάρκεια της παραμονής του στην Αμερική, παρακολούθησε μαθήματα με τον by Rodney Whitaker και τον Randy "Uncle G" Gelispie στο Michigan's State University. Συνεργάστηκε με μουσικούς όπως οι: Xavier Davis, Ricky Ford, Nicolas Masson, Diego Rivera, Craig Bailey, Baptiste Herbin, Pierre Marcus, Robert Lucaciu, Marc Abrams, David Lynch, Ziad Rajab, Ivo Papasov και πολλοί ακόμη.
Είναι ιδρυτικό μέλος του Yako Trio, μαζί με τον πιανίστα Λέανδρο Πασιά και τον μπασίστα Βαγγέλη Βραχνό.
Το ντεμπούτο άλμπουμ του τρίο "Ode to Υannis", κυκλοφόρησε το 2018.