Antymos Apostolis
Antymos Apostolis (born September 25, 1954 as Anthimos Apostolis in Siemianowice Śląskie , Poland) is a Polish blues and fusion guitarist of Greek origin.
In 1971 he was a founding member of the rock band SBB , with whom he also appeared at international concerts and festivals and accompanied the legendary rock star of Poland, Czesław Niemen . After the dissolution of SBB, he worked with the groups Dżem and Krzak (album Ściepka , 1981). He left Poland in the mid-1980s and emigrated to Greece. He worked there as a studio musician , where he also recorded records with Vangelis Katsoulis and worked with Giorgos Dalaras and Papadopoulos Thimios. He returned to Poland regularly and recorded several albums with the jazz musician Tomasz Stańko : COCX , Lady Go , Peyotl - Witkacy and Chameleon . In 1994 he recorded his debut album in New York under his own name.
Today he appears again with the re-established band SBB , has a jazz trio in Greece under the name TRIAS and in Poland the jazz trio Apostolis Anthimos Trio .
Discographic notes
- Days We Can't Forget (1994, with Gil Goldstein , Jim Beard , Matthew Garrison & Paul Wertico )
- Theatro (1999/2014 re-release with 2 additional studio titles)
- Back to the North (2006, with Paul Wertico & Marcin Pospieszalski)
- Miniatures (2008, with Robert Szewczuga)
Web links
- official homepage
- Antymos Apostolis at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short biography ( Memento from August 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ On this album from 1989 he can also be heard on bass guitar , drums and percussion .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Apostolis, Antymos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Apostolis, Anthimos; Apostolis Anthimos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Siemianowice Śląskie , Poland |