Jazz library

Jazz Library is a digital collection of the discography, artists and groups of the Greek jazz scene that aims to provide 'all about' information in one site. It covers a period from the 60s to the present day, with all the albums that are published in Greece, Cyprus or abroad by Greek and Cypriot artists or foreigners who live in Greece or Cyprus. It also contains jazz radio shows, books and other publications, comic books and art that is relevant to this music scene. Initially, Jazz Library was created on an online database (Omeka) and published in June 2021. Soon, in 2023, it was developed, by Runaway, to its own site for better and more effective use of the information it contains.

Jazz library

Jazz Library is a digital collection of the discography, artists and groups of the Greek jazz scene that aims to provide 'all about' information in one site. It covers a period from the 60s to the present day, with all the albums that are published in Greece, Cyprus or abroad by Greek and Cypriot artists or foreigners who live in Greece or Cyprus. It also contains jazz radio shows, books and other publications, comic books and art that is relevant to this music scene. Initially, Jazz Library was created on an online database (Omeka) and published in June 2021. Soon, in 2023, it was developed, by Runaway, to its own site for better and more effective use of the information it contains.

Jazz library

Jazz Library is a digital collection of the discography, artists and groups of the Greek jazz scene that aims to provide 'all about' information in one site. It covers a period from the 60s to the present day, with all the albums that are published in Greece, Cyprus or abroad by Greek and Cypriot artists or foreigners who live in Greece or Cyprus. It also contains jazz radio shows, books and other publications, comic books and art that is relevant to this music scene. Initially, Jazz Library was created on an online database (Omeka) and published in June 2021. Soon, in 2023, it was developed, by Runaway, to its own site for better and more effective use of the information it contains.

Jazz library

Jazz Library is a digital collection of the discography, artists and groups of the Greek jazz scene that aims to provide 'all about' information in one site. It covers a period from the 60s to the present day, with all the albums that are published in Greece, Cyprus or abroad by Greek and Cypriot artists or foreigners who live in Greece or Cyprus. It also contains jazz radio shows, books and other publications, comic books and art that is relevant to this music scene. Initially, Jazz Library was created on an online database (Omeka) and published in June 2021. Soon, in 2023, it was developed, by Runaway, to its own site for better and more effective use of the information it contains.

Jazz library

Jazz Library is a digital collection of the discography, artists and groups of the Greek jazz scene that aims to provide 'all about' information in one site. It covers a period from the 60s to the present day, with all the albums that are published in Greece, Cyprus or abroad by Greek and Cypriot artists or foreigners who live in Greece or Cyprus. It also contains jazz radio shows, books and other publications, comic books and art that is relevant to this music scene. Initially, Jazz Library was created on an online database (Omeka) and published in June 2021. Soon, in 2023, it was developed, by Runaway, to its own site for better and more effective use of the information it contains.

Discography

The albums recorded by Greek and Cypriot jazz artists.
Choose to view them: in chronological or alphabetical order, or in the order they were entered into the database.

Sketches of Resistance

free improvisationavant garde

Everything In Between

modern jazz

Combinations

free improvisationavant garde

Passage

modern jazz

6211

modern jazz

QUAD!

modern jazz

Varoutas, Vryzas & Cutler Live in Athens

avant gardeexperimentalLive Recording

Fanos

world jazz

Sketches of Resistance

free improvisationavant garde

Everything In Between

modern jazz

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Artists and Groups

The artists and groups of Greek and Cypriot jazz scene.
Choose to view them: in alphabetical order or in the order they were entered into the database.

Punk Kong

Yiannis Mitsios

guitar

Quad Piano Trio

Tasos Stylianou

guitar

Efthimis Tsakiris

saxophone

Eleni Valenti

vocals

Thanos Kazantzis

drums

Elena Kakaliagou

french horn

Punk Kong

Yiannis Mitsios

guitar

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About Jazz Library

Jazz music has appeared in Greece since the 1920s and has already completed a whole century of cultural heritage. The discography of the Greek jazz scene is very rich and in the last decades there is a very dynamic scene that is constantly fueled with new artists. At the same time, new venues for live music and festivals are appearing throughout the country.

Many magazines, interviews, articles and radio shows feature the Greek jazz scene. What is more, the level of education has been upgraded, both with the Department of Improvised Music of the Ionian University and with the various music schools and conservatories.

Nevertheless, up to now, there was no website to gather the scattered and incomplete information about the journey of improvised music in Greece. We felt the necessity for a "digital center" for all the jazz aficionados where they would look up to master their knowledge and obtain news and information. Also for the journalists, the researchers and the teachers, who would like to use complete and valid data for their cultural work. Finally, a "digital information center" for everyone to have fun searching and learning more about jazz music in Greece.

This necessity for such a digital center brought the idea for the creation of this website, the Jazz Library.

Find out more and let us know how to constantly enrich it.

Jazz Library's exhibits

In this section we present our exhibits with "items" from the Jazz Library collections, inspired by current events.

The releases of 2025

The releases of 2024

71 new album releases in 2023

Greek Jazz and Women' s Day

For the celebration of the International Women's Day 2022 we present a small tribute to the albums of the Greek jazz scene created by women, in the previous year (2021).

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Tο φεστιβάλ PRAXIS JAZZ, στην Αθήνα

Ανάμεσα στα χρόνια 1980–1988.
Όλες οι λεπτομέρειες μιας διοργάνωσης, που έγραψε ιστορία
του Φώντα Τρούσα
Το PRAXIS JAZZ υπήρξε ένα από τα σημαντικότερα φεστιβάλ jazz και αυτοσχεδιαζόμενης μουσικής, που διοργανώθηκαν ποτέ στη χώρα. Βασικά, το φεστιβάλ ξεπετάχτηκε μέσα από το παλαιό περιοδικό ΤΖΑΖ και είχε ως κινητήριο μοχλό του τον πρόωρα χαμένο Κώστα Γιαννουλόπουλο (1948-1997).

Η ελληνική τζαζ την περίοδο 2000–2015

Πρόσωπα – Χώροι – Δίσκοι – Γεγονότα – Καταστάσεις
του Φώντα Τρούσα
Η ελληνική τζαζ έχει σχεδόν 100ετή ιστορία, αν συνυπολογίσουμε τις οπερέτες της 10ετίας του ’20, όπως και ορισμένες επιθεωρήσεις από την ίδια εποχή, που πρώτες εκείνες εμφάνισαν τζαζ στοιχεία στα τραγούδια τους. Αυτόν τον σχεδόν ένα αιώνα η τζαζ στην Ελλάδα, η ελληνική τζαζ, έχει περάσει από 40 κύματα, πριν μετατραπεί, την δεκαπενταετία 2000-2015 χοντρικά, σ’ ένα ευρύτατο καλλιτεχνικό σώμα, που ενδιαφέρει ακροατές και θεατές, παραγωγές και media.

Τζαζ με τα τσαρούχια

The Greatest Story Ever Told - εν περιλήψει
του Γιώργου Χαρωνίτη
Το παρακάτω κείμενο με τίτλο «Τζαζ με τα τσαρούχια» είναι το βασικό άρθρο / θέμα του τεύχους 25 του περιοδικού Jazz & Τζαζ και αποτελεί μια προσωπική καταγραφή της μεταπολιτευτικής πορείας της τζαζ στη χώρα μας μέσα από βιώματα και δίσκους. Έχουν αφαιρεθεί μόνο μερικές άνευ ουσίας – ίσως και σημασίας – φράσεις που ίσως είχαν κάποια αξία τότε (1995) αλλά δεν σημαίνουν απολύτως τίποτα σήμερα.

Η ελληνική τζαζ ανάμεσα στα χρόνια 1940–1970

του Φώντα Τρούσα
Στο περιοδικό Επτά Ημέρες της Καθημερινής (23/1/2005) υπό τον τίτλο «Η Τζαζ στην Ελλάδα», γράφει ο Αρίων:
«Στο πρόγραμμα του Pαδιοφωνικού Σταθμού Aθηνών της 28ης Oκτωβρίου 1940 βρίσκομε, ούτε λίγο ούτε πολύ, εκπομπή ‘Mουσικής Tζαζζ’! Tι εννοούσαν όμως ως ‘μουσική τζαζζ’; Πάντως, η προϊστορία της τζαζ στη χώρα μας λήγει το 1940».

Recent in Our Blog

In this section, we share what is new on the Greek Jazz Scene, such as new albums, concerts, festivals and everything else about jazz, music and arts that we find, and hope you find, interesting on this site.

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