Yiannis Economides

Yiannis Oikonomides was born in Thessaloniki 1970. With higher studies in harmony , contrapunctus classical trumpet and piano he began quite soon to play professionally jazz and contemporary music ,arranging, orchestrating and composing with jazz and funk bands. He took his first jazz trumpet lessons by the excellent Danny Hayes, who appreciated his talent and became his most determine influence for his sound and attitude in jazz music. He is probably the most significant jazz trumpet player in Greece and one of the best arrangers for jazz, latin jazz and contemporary music. He is a founding member and arranger of Aroma Caribe (a well Known and probably the best Latin Jazz band in Greece). Along with Haris Kapetanakis is the leader of the Jazz Frequency Quintet and also the Jazz Triangle trio. He has consorted with great musicians (Ray Vega, Herman Olivera, Roberto Pla, Theodossi Spassov, Chico Freeman Alfredo Rodriguez )As a leader of Aroma Caribe he played support for Tito Puente,Celia Cruz,Orlando MaracaValle,Los Van Van,Eddie Palmieri ,Steve Turre. He played with Aroma Caribe in several important music Festivals in Greece such as Gaia, Odes, Sani Festival .He has consorted with Pavlos Pavlidis & The B Movies, Adriana Babali, Euanthia Reboutsika&Panagiotis Kalantzopoulos,Elli Paspala, Mimis Plessas and recorded with several contemporary and popular Greek artists..................................................... ...........................................................D ISCOGRAPHY; Aroma Caribe “Musica Latina” (2001 Mylos S.A.), Jazz society Thessaloniki 2006(Ankh 2006).Jazz society Thessaloniki 2007(Ankh2007) SESSION REGORDINGS Blues Wire “Bulldog Boogie” (1993 Mylos S.A), Zak Stefanou “Sto diasthma drapetes”(2003 AKTH&Sony music), Agamoi Thytai “To mega to mysthrio ths zwhs(1998warner music), Ionian Jazz Enseble (2003 Ionian university-jazz&jazz magazine), Xaxakes “Hey ,mister omorfe”(1997 E.2) “Vasilias” (Sony 1999), “ Casanova” (Sony 2000), “Love me” (Olon music), Stathis Drogosis “O Himonas den tha erthei”(EMI2003), Giorgos Kazantzis “Tou erota kai tou ouranou”(Polytropon-Universal), The “LoFi kings”(Ano Kato 2002), Mpampis Stokas ke to sxedio gamma“stin akri ths giortis” (Universal2006), Paulos Paulidis “Afou lipon xehastika”(Plus records 2004), , “Alli mia mera”(Archangel music2006), H gynaika einai skliros anthrwpos(Epic 2005), Apostolis Dimitrakopoulo “Stahi”(Polytropon2005), Manolis Fammelos “Pote opos prin’’(Akti Sony music 2005), ‘‘Kathos mikraini i mera’’(Warner 1999), “Ena megalo fotino kalokairi’(Warner 2000), Elias Zaikos “Off the box”(Ano kato1996), Onirama “dyskolos kairos gia prigipes”(Lyra2005), Thanasis Gaifilias “Stavento” (Diskoi Kyttaro 1998), Dimitris Zervoudakis “Panselini Hora” (Mylos 2001), Ditikes Sinikies “Rock gyni kai thalassa” (Alpha records 2005). Athina Routsi ''min peis adio''(plus rec-universal 2007) Lefteris Papadopoulos''spaei to rodi''(Kambanaki2007) Andriana Babali ''des kathara''(EMI 2007) Kostis Maraveyas ''Maraveyas Ilegall''(Cantini2007)Florian Micuta ''Romzil''ANKH(2007)Giorgos Zikas ''eite exeis eite den exeis(Polytropon2007)Giorgos Kazantzis ''isalos grammi''(polytropon2008)Christos Rafailides-Eui Siamanta ''iho''(Emarelmusic2008)Stella Gadedi''La poupe,pantos itan nihta(Lyra2008)