TriCoolOre live featuring Pantelis Stoikos

World Jazz group Tricoolore presents its debut album “Oregano Infused” at SAVINO LIVE.

Tricoolore meet on stage with one of the greatest trumpet players of the Balkans, Pantelis Stoikos. On Sunday 17 May the trio and their guest will celebrate on the stage of Savino Live in Larnaca the last of a series of album launch shows, after touring in Cyprus, Greece and the UK presenting “Oregano Infused”.

The Trio
Using special rhythmic forms and a strong element of improvisation and drawing inspiration from their Greek musical background, Angelos Doukas on keyboards, Vasilis Vasiliou on drums & percussion and Nikos Doukas on electric bass & loops break away from music stereotypes and follow their personal musical paths to take over the stage.
Explosive grooves meet nostalgic melodies that carry the flavour of tradition. Folk dance patterns combine with the African soul of New Orleans. A blending of musics of the world that creates a riot of colours and shades.

Tricoolore’s music balances between the global sound of jazz and the maqams of the East, combining elements from different music styles to create a unique soundscape, where all sounds Greek in the end.

Pantelis Stoikos
Pantelis Stoikos is one of the most creative trumpeters in the contemporary Balkan world jazz scene. He first became involved with music in 1990 and in 1994 had his first trumpet lessons alongside learning the piano. He continued his studies at the New Conservatory of Thessaloniki and won distinctions in many areas of music. He focuses on the sounds of his region, Macedonia, expanding this music with jazz and classical music styles.

Since 1997 he has collaborated with the Florina Brass Band and a large number of groups and artists from traditional music, jazz, improvisation, contemporary music, etc., including Ivo Papasov, Milcho Leviev, Nedyalko Nedyalkov, Petar Ralchev, Ferus Mustafov, Okay Temiz, Micuei Godard, Micuei Marre, Michalis Siganides, Costas Anastasiades, Dionysis Savvopoulos, Charis Alexiou, Thanasis Papakonstantinou, Alkinoos Ioannides, Floros Florides and many more. His project includes the Trio Balkano and currently the Balarom Trio, and he has played in concerts all over Europe, in Africa, Asia and Australia.

The album
As a natural consequence of performances at important local festivals such as Aglanjazz, 1st Windcraft Music Fest, 1st Cyprus Jazz & World Music Showcase – Rialto Theater and a series of successful appearances in Greece, Tricoolore have released their debut album “Oregano Infused” on 13 April 2015. Nine original instrumental pieces composed by the members of the band feature on the album which is physically and digitally available through the band’s webpage (www.tricoolore.com) and major online stores.

Sunday 17 May at SAVINO Live in Larnaca, doors open at 20:30

Entrance costs 10 euro with a free Oregano Infused cd.

Reservations: 99860304 / Information: 99549141 και www.tricoolore.com