Georges Arvanitas

Georges Arvanitas (June 13, 1931 – September 25, 2005) was a French jazz pianist and organist.

Life and career

He was born in Marseille, a child of Arvanite Greek immigrants from Constantinople. At the age of four he began studying piano and initially trained as a classical pianist, switching to jazz some time in his teens.^[1] His influences included Bud Powell and Bill Evans. In the late '50s, he featured on albums by Art Farmer and Louis Hayes, and played with Dexter Gordon and Johnny Griffin.^[2] He also worked with Yusef Lateef.^[3]

Discography

• « Georges Arvanitas trio in concert » - Futura Ger 11 (1969)
• « Space ballad » (1970)
• « Les classiques du jazz » (1970)
• « Ambiance Musique Luis Conti » (1971)
• « Brigitte Fontaine » (1972)
• « Douce ambiance » (1972)
• « Porgy and Bess » (1973)
• « Live again » - Futura Ger 38-39 (1973)
• « Anniversary » (1976)
• « I like it cool » (1976)
• « Feeling jazzy » (1977)
• « Swing again » (1978)
• « The hound of music" (1978)
• « Round about midnight » (1985)
• « Qu'est-ce qu'on joue ? » (1986)
• « Quartet » (1987)
• « Orgue Hammond » (1988)
• « Bird of paradise » (1988)
• « One night for 3 pianos » (1989)
• A alors (1990)
• Georges Arvanitas plays George Gershwin (1993)
• Georges Arvanitas plays… Duke Ellington (1993)
• Live (1993)
• Rencontre (1997) - with Ira Coleman and Joe Chambers
• My favorite piano songs (1997)
• Little Florence (2000)

With Ted Curson

• The New Thing & the Blue Thing (Atlantic, 1965)
• Pop Wine (Futura, 1971)
• Cattin' Curson (Marge, 1973)

References

External links

• Album Live Again at www.sefronia.com