Quintet

The Ventus Ensemble and actor Argyris Xafis perform Jeff Scott's "Passion for Bach and Coltrane" at the Athens Concert Hall on Tuesday, April 23. Written for wind quintet, string quartet, jazz trio (piano, double bass, percussion) and orator, this work was inspired by the poetry of African-American poet A.B.

Running through Saturday, June 9, the Greek Jazz Panorama at the Onassis Cultural Center is dedicated to the new generation, featuring ensembles whose bandleaders are aged under 30 years old.

The ContraVento Quintet - Christina Sidiropoulou on piano, Efi Delfinopoulou on violin, Dimosthenis Fotiadis on viola, Dmitry Gudimov on cello and Evgenios Politis on double bass - pay tribute to Emilios Riadis (1885-1935), a Greek composer who studied at the Munich Academy of Music, did a spell in Paris and then returned to his native Thessaloniki to become one of the most eminent representati

Vocalist Fenia Papadodima and the Amorgo Quintet - guitarist Grigoris Danis, bassist Giorgos Palamiotis, flutist Leonidas Sarantopoulos and drummer Thanos Hatzianagnostou - perform world jazz numbers at the Athenaeum-Kelari venue in Athens on Thursday, January 5. Starts at 10 p.m.

Athenaeum-Kelari, 3 Adrianou, Thiseio, tel 210.321.0239