Their latest recording features original music inspired by the theme of ‘home’…home in this sense represents not only the many places they’ve both lived, but also the people they’ve known along the way.

Feels Like Home

Vasilis and Paul began playing together 20 years ago when both relocated to West London to study. Originally from Greece, Vasilis had just finished studying at Berklee College in the US, while Paul had moved South from the Northeast of England. In the intervening years, they have played numerous gigs together, releasing their debut album in 2016, ’A Narrow Escape’, to critical acclaim. With Joel Barford (drums) and Adam King (double bass), their latest recording features original music inspired by the theme of ‘home’…home in this sense represents not only the many places they’ve both lived, but also the people they’ve known along the way.

Line up: Vasilis Xenopoulos (saxophones and flute) Paul Edis (piano) Simon Read (Bass) and Billy Pod (drums)

Vasilis and Paul describe the music on Feels Like Home: “Rooted in the jazz tradition, this is music that’s eclectic, groove based and fundamentally melodic. Including elements of hard bop, Latin jazz, gospel and even folk, there are nods to Dexter Gordon, Stanley Turrentine, John Coltrane, Antonia Carlos Jobim and more besides. This is honest music full of emotions, inspired and unified around the central theme of ‘home’.”

“Feels Like Home” ★★★★

Jazzwise magazine Editor’s Choice June 2024

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