Lakis Tzimkas
He was born in Thessaloniki in 1968 and grew up in Kozani. His first group was the punk band Social Squash, formed in 1984. He studied electric bass was at Jazz Conservatory in Thessaloniki with Manolis Sideridis. In 1994 he continued his studies at American Institute of Music in Vienna (with Angus Thomas, Jonas Hellborg and Wayne Brasel) and took a Professional diploma. In 1995 he studied jazz contrabass at Art University of Graz (with Wayne Darling, Ewald Oberleitner and Mark Dresser).
During his staying in Austria he played and toured in many countries with the Big Band and the Symphony Orchestra of Graz University and worked with musicians such as Wayne Brasel, Mark Murphy, Fritz Pauer, Sheila Jordan and James Carter.
Since 2000 he lives in Thessaloniki and he plays in many different bands with numerous styles varying from be-bop to funk, contemporary music. His album “Different Faces” was released in 2004. In 2008 he finished his classical studies in contrabass at University of Macedonia with Eugenios Politis.
Some of the artists he has played with are Sakis Papadimitriou, Georgia Sylleou, Andy Sheppard, Rex Richardson, Milcho Leviev, Danny Hayes, Chico Freeman, Mordy Ferber, Christos Rafalides, Jon Hendricks, Rick Margitza, Adam Nussbaum and Airto Moreira.
He teaches electric bass, contrabass, jazz ensemble and jazz harmony at Modern Music Conservatory and Music School in Thessaloniki.
Discography
As a leader
With Sakis Zachariades
As a co-leader
As a sideman
In compilations
Με Blue Train:
Sky Paths (2002)
