Instrument
bass
Discography
As a leader:
Hapopsis (Libra music) 2005
With Human Touch:
Human Touch (Lyra) 1998
Movin' (Libra music) 2004
As a co-leader:
Electric Jazz Trio: Electric Jazz Trio (Rotonda) 1990
Exit: Out Of Noises (self-released) 1997
Exit: In Between Times (Legend records) 2000
Extempora trio (with Anatoly Vapirov, Nikos Touliatos) (AVA) 2001
Christos Rafailidis, Evi Siamanta: Ηχώ (The Music Of Mimis Plessas) (Emarel music) 2008
Ada Pitsou, Yiotis Kiourtsoglou: Οι τελευταίοι άγγελοι (Diktio PM Ltd) 2011
Extempora trio (with Anatoly Vapirov, Nikos Touliatos): Side by side (AVA) 2016
As a sideman:
Markos Alexiou: Flying to the unknown (Eros Music) 1994
Takis Barberis: Episodes (Lyra) 1995
Iasis: Iasis (Lyra) 1996
David Lynch: Lit'l Song (FM records) 1996
Alexia Vassiliou: In a jazz mood (RCA) 1996
David Lynch: Wandering Home (FM records) 1998
Sofia Noiti: Agios Hronos (Legend) 2000
Iasis: Duente (EmArcy) 2002
Vicky Atmazidu, Milcho Leviev: Quiet Love (A Mini Jazz Opera In 11 Acts) (Ethnic Art) 2004
Maria Farantouri: Mosaic (Libra music) 2004
Albert Panagiotopoulos: Visionary World (Muse.gr) 2004
Ada Pitsou: Υπόγεια πτήση (Diktio P.M. Ltd) 2005
Vojislav Ivanović: Levantina (Subways Music) 2005
Odysseas Konstantinopoulos: The 7 Faces Of Odysseus (Ars Nova Athina Music) 2007
Dimitris Tsiabaos: Music Street (Ars Nova Athina Music) 2007
Manos Vafiadis: Tatiana (Legend recordings) 2008
Encouders (Εκτοπία) 2008
Vangelis Katsoulis: Pictures from inside (Lyra) 2011
Loukas Hadellis: Prespes (self-released) 2014
Manolis Koutsounanos: Taxidi - From Tradition to Jazz (Idalgos) 2016
Thanos Stavridis: A suitcase full of dreams (Kyklos records) 2016
Eleni Karaindrou: Πόθοι κάτω από τις λεύκες (Μικρή Άρκτος) 2017
Thanos Stavridis: Spicy Margarita (Technotropon Artway) 2020
Euripides Dionysiadis: Aegean Suite (self-released) 2022
Manolis Koutsounanos: ...Θύμησες (self-released) 2022
Theo Kapilidis: Home away from home (Jazz Breeze records) 2022
Compilations:
In Free Fall (A tribute to Costas Yiannoulopoulos) (Libra Music) 2002
Hapopsis (Libra music) 2005
With Human Touch:
Human Touch (Lyra) 1998
Movin' (Libra music) 2004
As a co-leader:
Electric Jazz Trio: Electric Jazz Trio (Rotonda) 1990
Exit: Out Of Noises (self-released) 1997
Exit: In Between Times (Legend records) 2000
Extempora trio (with Anatoly Vapirov, Nikos Touliatos) (AVA) 2001
Christos Rafailidis, Evi Siamanta: Ηχώ (The Music Of Mimis Plessas) (Emarel music) 2008
Ada Pitsou, Yiotis Kiourtsoglou: Οι τελευταίοι άγγελοι (Diktio PM Ltd) 2011
Extempora trio (with Anatoly Vapirov, Nikos Touliatos): Side by side (AVA) 2016
As a sideman:
Markos Alexiou: Flying to the unknown (Eros Music) 1994
Takis Barberis: Episodes (Lyra) 1995
Iasis: Iasis (Lyra) 1996
David Lynch: Lit'l Song (FM records) 1996
Alexia Vassiliou: In a jazz mood (RCA) 1996
David Lynch: Wandering Home (FM records) 1998
Sofia Noiti: Agios Hronos (Legend) 2000
Iasis: Duente (EmArcy) 2002
Vicky Atmazidu, Milcho Leviev: Quiet Love (A Mini Jazz Opera In 11 Acts) (Ethnic Art) 2004
Maria Farantouri: Mosaic (Libra music) 2004
Albert Panagiotopoulos: Visionary World (Muse.gr) 2004
Ada Pitsou: Υπόγεια πτήση (Diktio P.M. Ltd) 2005
Vojislav Ivanović: Levantina (Subways Music) 2005
Odysseas Konstantinopoulos: The 7 Faces Of Odysseus (Ars Nova Athina Music) 2007
Dimitris Tsiabaos: Music Street (Ars Nova Athina Music) 2007
Manos Vafiadis: Tatiana (Legend recordings) 2008
Encouders (Εκτοπία) 2008
Vangelis Katsoulis: Pictures from inside (Lyra) 2011
Loukas Hadellis: Prespes (self-released) 2014
Manolis Koutsounanos: Taxidi - From Tradition to Jazz (Idalgos) 2016
Thanos Stavridis: A suitcase full of dreams (Kyklos records) 2016
Eleni Karaindrou: Πόθοι κάτω από τις λεύκες (Μικρή Άρκτος) 2017
Thanos Stavridis: Spicy Margarita (Technotropon Artway) 2020
Euripides Dionysiadis: Aegean Suite (self-released) 2022
Manolis Koutsounanos: ...Θύμησες (self-released) 2022
Theo Kapilidis: Home away from home (Jazz Breeze records) 2022
Compilations:
In Free Fall (A tribute to Costas Yiannoulopoulos) (Libra Music) 2002
Groups
Electric Jazz Trio, Exit, Iasis, Human Touch
Short Biography
Yiotis Kiourtsoglou was born in Kozani in 1965. He studied electrical engineering in Thessaloniki while he was also studying jazz and music theory at Modern Music Conservatory.
He continued his studies at the Musicians’ Institute in Los Angeles. Among his teachers were Garry Willis, Jeff Berlin, Bob Magnuson and Scot Henderson.
He has performed and recorded extensively in Greece and abroad. He was a founding member of the Electric Jazz Trio and later joined by David Lynch and Stavros Lantsias he formed the group Human Touch.
He has collaborated with countless popular artists (Dionisis Savvopoulos, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Elli Paspala etc.) as well as with jazz artists (Trilok Gurtu, Milcho Leviev, Markos Alexiou and many more).
His debut personal album "Hapopsis" was released in 2005. He teaches at Philippos Nakas Conservatory.
He continued his studies at the Musicians’ Institute in Los Angeles. Among his teachers were Garry Willis, Jeff Berlin, Bob Magnuson and Scot Henderson.
He has performed and recorded extensively in Greece and abroad. He was a founding member of the Electric Jazz Trio and later joined by David Lynch and Stavros Lantsias he formed the group Human Touch.
He has collaborated with countless popular artists (Dionisis Savvopoulos, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Elli Paspala etc.) as well as with jazz artists (Trilok Gurtu, Milcho Leviev, Markos Alexiou and many more).
His debut personal album "Hapopsis" was released in 2005. He teaches at Philippos Nakas Conservatory.
Short biography in greek
Ο Γιώτης Κιουρτσόγλου γεννήθηκε στην Κοζάνη το 1965. Σπούδασε Ηλεκτρολόγος Μηχανολόγος στη Θεσσαλονίκη και παράλληλα σπούδασε τζαζ και αρμονία στο Σύγχρονο Ωδείο Θεσσαλονίκης.
Συνέχισε τις μουσικές στο Musicians’ Institute του Λος Άντζελες, με δασκάλους όπως ο Garry Willis, ο Jeff Berlin, Bob Magnuson και ο Scot Henderson.
Έχει συμμετάσχει σε πολλές ηχογραφήσεις, συναυλίες και φεστιβάλ στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό. Ήταν ιδρυτικό μέλος του Electric Jazz Trio και αργότερα μαζί με τον David Lynch και τον Σταύρο Λάντσια δημιούργησε τους Human Touch.
Έχει αναρίθμητες συνεργασίες με δημοφιλείς καλλιτέχνες (Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος, Θάνος Μικρούτσικος, Έλλη Πασπαλά, κ.ά.), αλλά και μουσικούς της τζαζ (Trilok Gurtu, Milcho Leviev, Μάρκο Αλεξίου και πολλούς ακόμη).
Το πρώτο προσωπικό του άλμπουμ "Hapopsis" κυκλοφόρησε το 2005. Διδάσκει στο Ωδείο Φίλιππος Νάκας.
Συνέχισε τις μουσικές στο Musicians’ Institute του Λος Άντζελες, με δασκάλους όπως ο Garry Willis, ο Jeff Berlin, Bob Magnuson και ο Scot Henderson.
Έχει συμμετάσχει σε πολλές ηχογραφήσεις, συναυλίες και φεστιβάλ στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό. Ήταν ιδρυτικό μέλος του Electric Jazz Trio και αργότερα μαζί με τον David Lynch και τον Σταύρο Λάντσια δημιούργησε τους Human Touch.
Έχει αναρίθμητες συνεργασίες με δημοφιλείς καλλιτέχνες (Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος, Θάνος Μικρούτσικος, Έλλη Πασπαλά, κ.ά.), αλλά και μουσικούς της τζαζ (Trilok Gurtu, Milcho Leviev, Μάρκο Αλεξίου και πολλούς ακόμη).
Το πρώτο προσωπικό του άλμπουμ "Hapopsis" κυκλοφόρησε το 2005. Διδάσκει στο Ωδείο Φίλιππος Νάκας.
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