Instrument
saxophone
Discography
As a leader:
The Truth about the Aliens Invasion in Egypt (Puzzlemusik) 2007
Funkabyss (Puzzlemusik) 2009
East N' Blues (Puzzlemusik) 2014
Nothern Lights (Puzzlemusik) 2017
Sleepwalker (digital single) 2018
Nostalgia In Puerto Rico (Puzzlemusik, digital single) 2021
As a co-leader:
Kassetas - Spanos: Jungle of Illusions (Puzzlemusik) 2011
Christos Alexopoulos, Yiannis Kassetas: A Tribe in Limbo (digital single) (self-released) 2021
As a sideman:
Yiorgos Psihoyios In Paris (Τεχνότροπον Artway) 2013
Stavros Damianidis (Bouroke Mello): Angler΄s Delight (Music Artisans) 2013
Dimitris Keramidakis: Inner relationship (self-released) 2017
Damianidis Stavros (Buoroke Mello): Artichoke Avenue (Music Artisans) 2017
Stathis Aninos: Anthology (self-released) 2021
Georgios Anamateros: Ἀνθελλάδα 2021 (self-released) 2021
Compilations:
Puzzlemusik & Run Devil Run Present (Pop +Rock, Puzzlemusik) 2007
First Steps: 2 Years Of Puzzlemusik (Puzzlemusic) 2008
Euro Jazz 2009 (Jazz & Tzaz) 2009
Greek Jazz Times Vol. I, Modern jazz tracks (Jazz & Tzaz) 2013
Every Day Should Be A Record Store Day III (Puzzlemusik) 2013
15 (Puzzlemusik) 2021
The Truth about the Aliens Invasion in Egypt (Puzzlemusik) 2007
Funkabyss (Puzzlemusik) 2009
East N' Blues (Puzzlemusik) 2014
Nothern Lights (Puzzlemusik) 2017
Sleepwalker (digital single) 2018
Nostalgia In Puerto Rico (Puzzlemusik, digital single) 2021
As a co-leader:
Kassetas - Spanos: Jungle of Illusions (Puzzlemusik) 2011
Christos Alexopoulos, Yiannis Kassetas: A Tribe in Limbo (digital single) (self-released) 2021
As a sideman:
Yiorgos Psihoyios In Paris (Τεχνότροπον Artway) 2013
Stavros Damianidis (Bouroke Mello): Angler΄s Delight (Music Artisans) 2013
Dimitris Keramidakis: Inner relationship (self-released) 2017
Damianidis Stavros (Buoroke Mello): Artichoke Avenue (Music Artisans) 2017
Stathis Aninos: Anthology (self-released) 2021
Georgios Anamateros: Ἀνθελλάδα 2021 (self-released) 2021
Compilations:
Puzzlemusik & Run Devil Run Present (Pop +Rock, Puzzlemusik) 2007
First Steps: 2 Years Of Puzzlemusik (Puzzlemusic) 2008
Euro Jazz 2009 (Jazz & Tzaz) 2009
Greek Jazz Times Vol. I, Modern jazz tracks (Jazz & Tzaz) 2013
Every Day Should Be A Record Store Day III (Puzzlemusik) 2013
15 (Puzzlemusik) 2021
Short Biography
Sax player Yiannis Kassetas was born in Athens in 1979. He studied saxophone and classical piano at the Music High School of Pallini, but it was at the Conservatory of Nakas with professor Dimitri Vassilakis that he seriously started playing jazz. At the age of 15 he took his first scholarship for the student program of the famous Berklee College of Music of Music and another one when he was 18. He graduated at 21 with a diploma with honors in saxophone, but he also excelled in courses of Composition, arranging and counterpoint.
"The Truth about the Aliens Invasion in Egypt", his first album as a leader was released in 2007. Since then, his recordings include his own compositions, featuring some internationally acclaimed musicians such as Clarence Penn, Miles Griffith, Craig Handy and Ulysses Owens Jr.
He has collaborated with many artists from the local and international scene and has participated in many festivals in Greece and abroad.He has also worked as a session musician with many bands, in many theatrical musicals but also jazz, rock, latin, pop groups.
"The Truth about the Aliens Invasion in Egypt", his first album as a leader was released in 2007. Since then, his recordings include his own compositions, featuring some internationally acclaimed musicians such as Clarence Penn, Miles Griffith, Craig Handy and Ulysses Owens Jr.
He has collaborated with many artists from the local and international scene and has participated in many festivals in Greece and abroad.He has also worked as a session musician with many bands, in many theatrical musicals but also jazz, rock, latin, pop groups.
Short biography in greek
Ο σαξοφωνίστας Γιάννης Κασέτας γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα το 1979. Άρχισε να παίζει σαξόφωνο και κλασικό πιάνο στο μουσικό Γυμνάσιο της Παλλήνης, αλλά ουσιαστικά ξεκίνησε να παίζει τζαζ στο Ωδείο Φίλιππος Νάκας με δάσκαλο τον Δημήτρη Βασιλάκη. Σε ηλικία 15 ετών πήρε την πρώτη του υποτροφία για το φημισμένο Berklee College of Music και ακόμα μία υποτροφία σε ηλικία 18 ετών. Αποφοίτησε σε ηλικία 21 ετών με δίπλωμα και διάκριση στο σαξόφωνο. Σπούδασε επίσης σύνθεση, ενορχήστρωση και αντίστιξη. Το πρώτο του άλμπουμ "The Truth About The Aliens Invasion in Egypt" κυκλοφόρησε το 2007. Από τότε, οι ηχογραφήσεις του περιλαμβάνουν δικές του συνθέσεις, με τη συμμετοχή διεθνώς αναγνωρισμένων καλλιτεχνών όπως ο Clarence Penn, ο Miles Griffith, ο Craig Handy και ο Ulysses Owens Jr. Έχει δουλέψει με πολλούς μουσικούς από την ελληνική και τη διεθνή σκηνή και έχει συμμετάσχει σε πολλά φεστιβάλ στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό. Επίσης έχει δουλέψει ως session μουσικός σε πολλά συγκροτήματα, σε θεατρικές μουσικές παραστάσεις, αλλά και σε τζαζ, ροκ, λάτιν και ποπ συγκροτήματα.
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