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Spiral TRIO
3+ albums
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Members Spyros Manesis (right) || piano, compositions Arionas Gyftakis (left) || double bass, compositions Anastasis Gouliaris (center) || drums, compositions The connection, the collaboration of a group of people in order to achieve an artistic result that will arouse the nervous system of the recipient, is a balance between acceptance and initiative. Spyros Manesis grew up in the island of Zakynthos. He loved Beethoven and The Beatles. Later he found his way to Dr. John, and the path to Brad Mehldau, Keith Jarrett and Paul Bley includes many episodes. Arionas Gyftakis grew up in Kalamata. He learned the secrets of music at an early age and when he first heard double bass playing in a jazz group, he knew that his studies in music would go in that direction. Anastasis Gouliaris grew up in Athens, in Peristeri, and among the streets of urban life the music of Tom Waits introduced him to jazz for the first time. Three components, Spyros, Arionas and Anastasis, found themselves with the same teacher learning jazz improvisation. A real collaboration began, exploring at first the jazz standards and the limits of their transformation for personal expression. In 2017 they released their first album "Spiral Trio" (2017, ANKh Music Productions), played in jazz clubs, toured Greece, Spain and Portugal, and this musical experience strengthened the trust and communication between them. The modern approach of the great "company" of Paul Bley, Keith Jarrett, Paul Motian,
