The Tassos Spiliotopoulos Quartet

Originally from Athens, Greece Tassos Spiliotopoulos lived in London for over twelve years and since 2013 is based in Stockholm, Sweden. While in London Tassos quickly became a part of the UK Jazz scene and worked with many of the country’s top musicians. He also studied at the prestigious Guildhall School of Music & Drama (Mmus) and Trinity College of Music (Bmus, Hons).

Since the very beginning of his time in London Tassos has been touring with his own bands as well as numerous other creative projects, performing in clubs and festivals in over 15 countries in Europe, America and Asia. He has worked with artists such as Kenny Wheeler, Gary Husband, Asaf Sirkis, Dimitri Vassilakis, John Parricelli, Mike Outram, John Etheridge, and more.

In 2005, Tassos formed a quartet with three of the most talented musicians he has been playing with, Asaf Sirkis, Robin Fincker and Yaron Stavi. The idea was to create a fresh sounding, contemporary group that combines lyrical, extended-form compositions with high energy improvising. The Quartet’s first album ‘Wait For Dusk’ was released by Konnex Records in 2006.

Tassos’ second album ‘Archipelagos’ was released in 2010 on F-IRE records and featured special guests Kenny Wheeler and John Parricelli. The album was warmly received by the international music press praising Tassos’ distinct guitar style and unique compositional approach.

Tassos currently leads a new band with Swedish musicians Örjan Hultén, Fredrik Rundqvist, Palle Sollinger and the new album is scheduled for release in 2016.

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