Pandelis Karayorgis Discography of CDs

Pandelis Karayorgis/Mat Maneri Quintet: Pandelis Karayorgis (piano); Mat Maneri (violin); Tony Malaby (tenor saxophone); Michael Formanek (bass); Randy Peterson (drums). This recording session involving leaders Pandelis Karayorgis and Mat Maneri along with their supporting cast (Tony Malaby, Michael Formanek, and Randy Peterson -- all musicians they had both worked with before) ...

Pandelis Karayorgis CD discography With Blood Ballad, Greek-born and Boston-based pianist Pandelis Karayorgis graduated from Leo Records' Laboratory series, where he published his first three records, to the label's regular line. This is the second CD to feature this trio, with Nate McBride on bass and Randy Peterson on drums. Tighter and more diverse ...

Through the latter half of the 20th century, an enduring cult figure in modern jazz was the Boston-based composer, academic, and pianist Ran Blake. In addition to his duties as the Chair of Contemporary Improvisation at the New England Conservatory of Music, Blake has recorded sporadically, usually in solo or ...

2008 album featuring Pandelis Karayorgis (on Fender Rhodes electric piano), Nate McBride & Curt Newton.

Liner Note Author: Art Lange. Recording information: Firehouse 12, New Haven (06/10/2008). Personnel: Pandelis Karayorgis (piano); Matt Langley (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jeff Galindo (trombone); Jeff Charland (double bass); Luther Gray (drums). Audio Mixer: Nick Lloyd.

In a class of their own, Pandelis Karayorgis and Mat Maneri veer in the direction of unconventional, non-swinging microtonal free music. Joined in part by bassist John Lockwood and Mat's father, underrecorded reedist Joe Maneri, the group engages in twelve totally improvised movements. At times mournful, at others suspenseful, Lift ...

Lines should have been subtitled "A Tribute to Lennie Tristano" because that's what this CD essentially is. Co-leading this March 1995 date, pianist Pandelis Karayorgis and alto saxman Eric Pakula embrace seven of Tristano's compositions (including "April," "Dreams," "Two Not One" and "Baby") along with Warne Marsh's "Background Music," Lee ...

Inaugural release on artist-run Driff Records, featuring an all-star lineup of top improvisers from the Boston, Amsterdam and Chicago jazz scenes. Recording information: Wellspring Sound, Acton, MA (02/02/2012). Personnel: Mary Oliver (violin); Jorrit Dijkstra (alto saxophone, lyricon); Jeb Bishop (trombone); Pandelis Karayorgis (piano); Han Bennink (drums). Audio Mixer: Antonio Oliart.

One of the most interesting things about this solo date of Guillermo Gregorio -- late of Franz Koglmann's Pipetet - is how similar his original music sounds to Mat Maneri's. There is no doubt they are kindred spirits, given that they both hold contemporary classical music and jazz in a double bind, forcing them ever closer together despite the individual resistance of each music. Both are also keen improvisers who believe in the power of understatement and rounded edges -- and Maneri is a violinist! All of this said, this is ...

Composer: Thelonious Monk Quartet. Mi3: Pandelis Karayorgis (keyboards); Nate McBride (bass instrument); Curt Newton. Personnel: Pandelis Karayorgis (Fender Rhodes piano); Nate McBride (double bass); Curt Newton (drums). Liner Note Authors: Pandelis Karayorgis; Nate McBride; Curt Newton. Recording information: Abbey Lounge, Somerville, MA (05/26/2002-05/11/2003); Artist At Large Gallery, Hyde Park, MA (05/26/2002-05/11/2003). ...