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05/29 Thursday

7:00 PM Doug Wartman Live

10:00 PM Petros Sakelliou

Winners of the 2007 THELONIOUS MONK INSTITUTE jazz composition competition

SOUND
The music of the BandA ecLectics involves through composed material fused with improvisation.
The textures, the rhythms and the players spring out of affiliation with jazz, various world traditions, and certain film and classical music. The number of band members can be flexible.

INSTRUMENTATION
The number of musicians can be flexible between 7 and 12

Petros Sakelliou piano/leader, Greece
Suzanna Quilter flutes, USA
Magda Giannikou accordion, Greece
Mika Mimura vibraphone, Japan
Alex Toth trumpet, USA website
Scott Flynn trombone, USA
Linus Wyrsch clarinet,saxophone, Switzerland website
Jay Youmans violin, USA website
Stelios Mihas guitars, Greece
Francesco Marcocci upright bass, Italy website
Dave Cole drumset, USA
Damion Corideo percussion, USA

GROUP BIO
The BandA ecLectics were put together in January 2007 by pianist-composer Petros Sakelliou.
The group is comprised of a selection of professional musicians with diverse affiliations ranging from jazz to the folk music of Greece, Latin America and Spain, to classical music as well as improvisation.

The band recorded a 7 track album on May 31st 2007, named "Angeles Los Boston". The cd got released in June 2007.

Shortly after the cd release, one of the tracks, namely “Swingalong”, was announced winner of
the 2007 THELONIOUS MONK INSTITUTE jazz composition competition.

The band flew to Los Angeles (October, 2007) and performed the winning composition at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, as part of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz event, 2007 trumpet competition and tribute to Herbie Hancock. The event’s attendance was approximately 3,600 people.

http://www.petrosandthebanda.net
http://www.myspace.com/thebandaeclectics
http://www.sonicbids.com/theBandAecLectics