Dimitris Sevdalis

DIMITRIS SEVDALIS BIOGRAPHYDimitris Sevdalis is a piano player and arranger born in Athens, Greece in 1976.He started playing music at the age of seven, studied classical piano and then Jazz piano at the Philippos Nakas Conservatory in Athens. In 1996 he received a scholarship from the Berklee College Of Music, which he graduated from in 1999, with a Diploma in Professional Music.While studying in Berklee, Dimitris got involved with Latin Jazz, which remains his main style today. His influences include Chucho Valdez, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Keith Jarrett.During his stay in the U.S, he performed at the Harvard Club with Berklee's Tito Puente Ensemble and he also played in many clubs in Boston such as the Regatta Bar, Wally's Cafe, Sofia's, Caprice and the Good Life.Upon his return to Greece in 2000, he joined the successful Latin Jazz band Grupo Candela and embarked on a tour which covered most of Greece, sponsored by Bacardi and Havana Club rum.After the aforementioned tour, Dimitris joined the world famous Greek singer Haris Alexiou for a year, both on stage in acclaimed venue in Athens (4 months) and on a country-wide tour (4 months). He also recorded with Haris Alexiou on her latest double cd.At the same time Dimitris performed all over Greece with two Latin bands, Manocuba and Cubana Bop. He also played with Grammy award nominee Jimmy Bosch, famous Cuban violin player Alfredo De La Fe and singer Orlando Watussi.Currently Dimitris is living in Athens, he released his personal Latin Jazz CD entitled " HABANA VIEJA" which is collaboration between Greek and Cuban musicians. With the Latin Jazz group Dimitris recorded his CD, participated in many festivals and played as a support group for Issac Delgado's concert in Greece.He is also gigging heavily with famous Greek accordionist Zoe Tiganouria and played with her this summer as a support Group for James Brown concert in Greece. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/9059/pc040022zc4.jpg I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4