Michalis Jenitsaris
Michalis Jenitsaris ( Greek Μιχάλης Γενίτσαρης - Michális Genítsaris ; born June 17, 1917 in Aghia Sofia, Piraeus , Greece ; † May 11, 2005 ibid ) was a Greek singer , composer and bouzouki player.
biography
Jenitsaris was regarded as one of the most important representatives of rembetiko and was also considered one of the last old masters of this type of music in the last decades of his life . The time of the German occupation during the Second World War was formative for his work . His song Saltadoros about a truck thief who steals fuel and spare parts from the occupiers and sells them on the black market is now considered the hymn of the Greek resistance . This song was banned by the military dictatorship in the 1950s and only allowed again in 1974 after the fall of the junta .
Jenitsaris, who himself sat in prison several times or was deported as a prisoner to the Cycladic island of Ios , disappeared from the public scene in 1953 and ran a stand at the Athens vegetable market with his brother for more than 20 years .
In the mid-1970s he was persuaded by Ilias Petropoulos to start playing again. Michalis Jenitsaris toured Germany from April 22nd to May 20th, 1990 accompanied by the Frankfurt band Prosechos and the singer Maria Nalbandi. Concert recordings from the factory in Hamburg and the Schauburg in Bremen have been released on CD .
Jenitsaris died on May 11, 2005 of complications from a lung disease at the age of 88.
Discography
- Saltadoros - Michalis Jenitsaris with Maria Nalbandi and the group Prosechos - Rebetika live! , 1 LP or CD, Trikont - Our Voice US-0168-09, Munich 1991
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Web links
- Michalis Jenitsaris at Allmusic (English)
- Michalis Jenitsaris in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- On the death of M. Jenitsaris (Greek)
Audio samples
- Audio sample (MP3; 209 kB) of "Me Piassan Epi Metaxa".
- Audio sample (MP3; 209 kB) of "Epidromi Sto Pirea".
- Audio sample (MP3; 209 kB) of "Orea Thessalonikia".
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jenitsaris, Michalis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Γενίτσαρης, Μιχάλης (Greek); Genítsaris, Michális |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek singer, composer and bouzouki player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aghia Sofia, Piraeus |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 2005 |
| Place of death | Aghia Sofia, Piraeus |