Origin Athens, Greece Website Official Website Years active 1989–present | Instruments Piano Occupation(s) Musician Name Pandelis Karayorgis | |
Albums Disambiguation, Heart and Sack, Seventeen Pieces Genres Jazz, Post-bop, Avant-garde jazz People also search for Nate McBride, Mat Maneri, Dave Rempis, Luther Gray Record labels Clean Feed Records, Leo Records, Cadence Jazz Records | ||
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Pandelis Karayorgis (born 1962) is a Greek-born and Boston-based pianist, composer and educator.
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- Life and career
- As leaderco leader
- As sideman
- References
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Life and career
Karayorgis was born in Athens, Greece, in 1962. He began classical piano lessons at the age of 9, but by the end of high school he was in love with jazz and beginning to play gigs while pursuing a degree in Economics. In 1985, Karayorgis went to Boston to attend the New England Conservatory, where he earned BM and MM degrees in music while studying with Paul Bley, Jimmy Giuffre, George Russell, and Joe Maneri among others.
He studied and performed extensively the music of Thelonious Monk and Lennie Tristano. In the nineties he worked closely with violinist Mat Maneri producing several recordings mostly in duo format. During the same time also co-led a group with Eric Pakula featuring much of the Tristano repertoire, and collaborated with Argentine saxophonist and composer Guillermo Gregorio.
He recorded for labels such as Cadence, Leo, Nuscope, OkkaDisk, Clean Feed, hatOLOGY, Not Two, and Driff, an artist-run label co-founded by Karayorgis and Jorrit Dijkstra. Some of the most extensive recording/performing collaborations have been with Nate McBride, Curt Newton, Luther Gray, Jef Charland, Randy Peterson, Ken Vandermark and Dave Rempis. His projects include the Pandelis Karayorgis Trio, the electric trio mi3, the quartet Construction Party, the quintet System of 5 and the Whammies, a group dedicated to the music of Steve Lacy.
As leader/co-leader
With The Whammies
As sideman
With Guillermo Gregorio