VOODOO

>The Afro-Dionysian VOODOO DRUMMER

Weird Cello and Balafon melodies on top of original odd rhythms and African percussion, inspired by the Greek Drama, especially by Dionysus!

For more than 30 years he has appeared at festivals, theaters and venues all over the world, such as the Rouge Cabaret Festival (Paris), Villa Celimontana Jazz Fest (Rome), Odeon of Herodes Atticus (Athens), Secret Garden Fest (U.K.), and the Doha Jazz Festival (Qatar) - his own highlights, though, are gigs in New Orleans and jamming at a funeral in Benin, West Africa!

He had performed and recorded with the cult British trio The Tiger Lillies, New Orleans singer Meschyia Lake, Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos, the great American Jazz saxophonist Alex Foster (Miles Davis, Charles Mingus), the Balafon master Mamadou Diabate (Burkina Faso), Blaine L. Reininger from Tuxedomoon (U.S.), Marc Collin from Nouvelle Vague (FR) and Xavi Turull from Ojos de Brujo (SP).

His composition based on quote by Charles Bukowski has been recorded with American Blues legend Louisiana Red. His adaptation of Aristophanes play “The Frogs” premiered in the National Opera of Greece.

"Chris Koutsogiannis plays with a musical ear that combines the gawky gait of Joey Baron with the eccentric voicings of Bill Bruford. Not a bad combination at all!"   

DRUM! Magazine U.S.

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