Pandelis Karayorgis
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photo by Stephen Malagodi, 2023

 

>Upcoming<


May 14
point01% series
Lilypad, 7-10 pm
2nd set at 8:30 pm:
Eric Barber, saxes
Pandelis Karayorgis, piano
Brittany Karlson, bass

Eric Rosenthal, drums


May 25

Kit Demos Quartet
Portland Conservatory of Music, Portland, ME
Stephen Haynes, cornet, flugelhorn
Pandelis Karayorgis, vintage keyboards and piano
Kit Demos, bass
Eric Rosenthal, drums and percussion
more info/tickets


June 11 & 12

w. Yasuhiro Yoshigaki
Koendori Classics, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
June 11
Yoshihide Otomo, guitar
Pandelis Karayorgis, piano
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki, drums
(improvised music)
June 12
Shinpei Ruike, trumpet
Pandelis Karayorgis, piano
Takashi Seo, bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki, drums
(Monk & originals)


July 9

point01% series
Lilypad, 7-10 pm
2nd set at 8:30 pm:
Jorrit Dijkstra, saxes
Pandelis Karayorgis, piano
Miki Matsuki, drums

>Latest releases<

Released April 2024:

 

TRUSS
Recorded live at Elastic Arts in Chicago, June 2023
A Driff Records/Aerophonic co-production
featuring:
Dave Rempis, alto sax
Pandelis Karayorgis, piano
Jakob Heinemann, bass
Bill Harris, drums

Features the debut of a new quartet that bridges
Chicago’s and Boston’s vibrant improvisation scenes.
The group features long-time collaborators Dave Rempis
on saxophones and pianist Pandelis Karayorgis,
as well as two vital younger improvisers from Chicago,
bassist Jakob Heinemann and drummer Bill Harris.

 

 >Upcoming releases<

OUT FROM ATHENS
Recorded in Athens, Greece in August 2023
Driff Records CD2402
featuring:
Pandelis Karayorgis, piano
George Kokkinaris, bass

A cross-generation and cross-genre collaboration
bringing together two musicians who share a
common city of origin and who find a common
music thread in their distinct backgrounds.
This beautifully recorded set of piano and
bass duets and solos from the summer of
2023 in Athens, Greece, features a mix of
original compositions and improvisations.


 

 

 

 

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A series of short, mostly four-hand/two-selves improvisations from June 2020.

 

 

[page updated April 24th 2024]