THE SOTIRIS TSOLIS SUNDAY JAM

Sotiris Tsolis doesn't play the drums: he reinvents them with each gesture, in an approach in which tradition becomes living matter and rhythm a poetic language. A Greek percussionist and composer, he draws on the popular music of the Mediterranean as well as contemporary jazz, electronic textures and free forms of improvisation. His career has matched his artistic quest: trained in Athens, then in New York and Paris, he has gradually established himself as a singular voice on the European jazz scene. Winner of several awards, including first prize in the Onassis Foundation composition competition, he has been rewarded for his artistic daring and the depth of his writing. He has performed at many prestigious festivals, including the North Sea Jazz Festival, Jazz à Vienne, Sónar and the Athens Technopolis Jazz Festival, where his intense, precise and organic playing never fails to impress. Tonight, he opens the evening at Baiser Salé with an hour-long concert in which improvisation mingles with dense, inhabited writing, before giving way to a jam open to all. It's an invitation to enter into a music that's generous, lively and constantly exploring.

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