Unplugged | Yes |
Cover band | No |
Members | 4 |
Nov / 2016 | • | Alekos Vretos Project @ the Zoo | Athens, Greece | |||
Oct / 2016 | • | Alekos Vretos Project @ the Zoo | Athens, Greece | |||
Aug / 2016 | • | Alekos Vretos Quartet @ Rhodes International Festival | Rhodes, Greece | |||
Jun / 2016 | • | Alekos Vretos Project @ The Zoo | Athens, Greece | |||
May / 2016 | • | Alekos Vretos Project feat. Alli Perret @ Pannonica Jazz Club | Bodrum, Turkey | |||
May / 2016 | • | Alekos Vretos Project feat. Alli Perret @ Nardis Jazz Club | Istanbul, Turkey | |||
May / 2016 | • | Alekos Vretos Project @ Work | Athens, Greece | |||
May / 2016 | • | Alekos Vretos Project @ The Zoo | Athens, Greece | |||
Apr / 2016 | • | Alekos Vretos Project @ Spiti Jazz Bar | Athens, Greece | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | Alekos Vretos Project @ 1000+2 Nights | Athens, Greece | |||
Mar / 2016 | • | Alekos Vretos Trio @ Institute Francais d' Athens | Athens, Greece | |||
Jan / 2016 | • | Alekos Vretos Project @ Underflow | Athens, Greece | |||
Jan / 2016 | • | Alekos Vretos Project @ 1st Jazzin Festival | Athens, Greece | |||
Dec / 2015 | • | Alekos Vretos Quartet | Babel/Marousi | |||
Dec / 2015 | • | Alekos Vretos Project feat. Elchin Shirinov | Onassis Cultural Center/ Athens | |||
Nov / 2015 | • | Alekos Vretos Project | Afrikana/Athens | |||
Oct / 2015 | • | Alekos Vretos Project | Tour dates / Argolis | |||
Jul / 2015 | • | w/ Martha D. Lewis band | Tour dates / UK | |||
Jun / 2015 | • | Alekos Vretos Quartet | Praxis Jazz Fest / Patras | |||
May / 2015 | • | Alekos Vretos Quartet | Beton 7 / Athens | |||
May / 2015 | • | Alekos Vretos Project | Thessaloniki Concert Hall / Thessaloniki | |||
Apr / 2015 | • | Alekos Vretos Project | Tour dates / Turkey | |||
Feb / 2015 | • | Alekos Vretos Project | Richmix / London | |||
Jan / 2015 | • | Alekos Vretos Quartet | Afrikana/ Athens | |||
Dec / 2014 | • | "K on Top" release party @ Booze Upstairs, Athens, 11th December 2014 | Athens | |||
Nov / 2014 | • | Alekos Vretos Quartet feat. L. Sarantopoulos @ Grand Kafe Kandinsky | Argos, Greece |
Label / Release | Type | Year | |
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Just Adjust Records | |||
Mergin' | Album | 2009 |
Ankh Productions - Jadeo Music | |||
K. On Top | Album | 2014 |
Subways Music | |||
Yunan w/ the Meliti Ensemble | Album | 2004 |
Jadeo Music | |||
Mergin' | Album | 2009 |
Jadeo Music & Ankh Jazz | |||
K. on Top | Album | 2014 |
Vretos plays the oud, of which sound is woody and strangely elastic, largely due to its fretless fingerboard. Like the traditional western mandolin, it is a fine vehicle for improvisation, something Vretos amply demonstrates on his albums and on stage. With his album ‘Mergin’ (2009), Vretos merged Arabic and Latin Music with taste and intelligence. His last album ‘K on Top of the Piano’ (2014) has not only a flavor of organically produced music but is strikingly graphic and vivid.
Alekos Vretos has collaborated with legendary composer Mikis Theodorakis, as well as Gilad Atzmon, Simon Shaheen, Martha D. Lewis, Theodore Antoniou, The Greek Contemporary Ensemble, The Kamerata, the Jazz Upstairs Big Band, Yorgos Fakanas, Dimitris Maragopoulos, The Athens State Orchestra, Lakis Chalkias, Kostas Thomaidis and Takis Paterelis to name a few.
For his work and help towards the music scene (especially World Jazz), he was included in 2013 list of the 100+1 most influential people in the Greek music scene published by the Athens Voice newspaper.