METEORS / Jannis Anastasakis / Natalia Manta

The jazz band METEORS (Germany) visits Athens and presents at KET its latest album “Message to Outer Space”, as well as new compositions in collaboration with Jannis Anastasakis (guitar, effects) and Natalia Manta (live visuals).

The band, initiated in 2017 by Sebastian Gramss, award-winning double bass player from Cologne, includes some of the top players of todays jazzszene. Their latest album “Message to Outer Space” is a well-balanced status report from Earth – diverse in tone, music and with a disturbing lyrical message. An autonomous type of Deep Space Jazz – composed, arranged and realized by bandleader Sebastian Gramss, staged by six exceptional protagonists of the current Continental jazz scene – unique, explicit, unmatched.

Shannon Barnett – trombone, vocals

Jonas Engel – saxophone

Philip Zoubek – prepared piano, Moog

Sebastian Gramss – double bass / composition

Christian Lorenzen – keyboards, Moog, Synth

Dominik Mahnig – percussion

Jannis Anastasakis – guitar / effects

Natalia Manta – live visuals

www.sebastiangramss.de/meteors

Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia & Musikfonds.