George Nazos
George Nazos was born in Athens. After completing his studies in political science and history in Panteion University Athens in 2004 he decided to devote himself completely to music and moved to study first in Switzerland to study at the Swiss Jazz school of Bern and then at Netherlands to study at the Codarts Conservatory of Rotterdam, from which he received a BA jazz performance in guitar 2009. In Holland he performed in various local Jazz clubs and he toured with his band all around Greece.
He lived in Athens from 2009-2014 and was a guitar professor at Nakas Conservatory. Since 2015 he has moved to New York City where he performs regularly at clubs such as Blue Note, Cornelia Street Cafe, Jazz Forum, Deerhead Inn and many more.
In 2017 he released the album "Liquid Melodies" with vocalist Tamuz Nissim and his first album as a leader entitled "Heat Song" was relesed in 2020.
Webpage
https://www.georgenazos.com
Discography
As a leader
As a co-leader
As a sideman
In compilations
As a sideman:
Themis Nikoloudis: Amphitrite (Polymusic) 2013
Tamuz Nissim: Echo of a heartbeat (Street of stars) 2018
Jared Pauley: On Capitol Street (Ropadope) 2019
Tamuz Nissim: Capturing clouds 2020
