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Alexia - In a Jazz mood (1996)

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Alexia - In a Jazz mood (1996)

Alexia - In a Jazz mood (1996)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image & cue & log) & mp3 @ 320 kbps | tracks: 13 | Scans | 1:15:01 | ~ 430 Mb & 203 Mb
Label: BMG | 5% recovery record | Vocal jazz, ballads

Alexia Vasiliou (better known as Alexia) is a talented Cypriot jazz and pop singer, with a powerful and expressive voice. She started her career in 1981 and become very popular in Greece, by releasing "Alexia", the most successful debut album by a Greek artist ever. She has collaborated with famous artists like Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Olympia Dukakis, Andreas Vollenweider, Milva and others. In this excellent album she sings classic jazz ballads backed by great jazz musicians like Chick Corea and John Patitucci, but also greek songs by Manos Hadjidakis and Mikis Theodorakis, in jazzy renditions. Enjoy.

Alexia Vassiliou (born February 5, 1964), better known as Alexia, is a Cypriot singer, vocalist, musician, performer, composer, lyricist, and activist, associated with Jazz music and Voice Improvisation. She has done a series of Gold and Platinum records, including one in Scandinavia, and a Top-100 hit in the U.S.A., while she was still a student at the Berklee College of Music, in Boston. Her first album Alexia started a new wave of Pop music in Greece and Cyprus, and selling over 500,000 copies, making Alexia the most successful debut album by a Greek artist ever. Throughout her career, Alexia has collaborated with a number of distinguished artists, including Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Olympia Dukakis, Andreas Vollenweider, and Milva. For a period of 10 years, she teamed up with the legendary Mikis Theodorakis, composer of Zorba the Greek. Alexia recorded a double album showcasing some of the composer’s most consummate musical creations. In her jazz album, In a Jazz Mood, Alexia collaborated with Chick Corea, and with the great bassist, John Patitucci. Alexia has also performed songs for the soundtracks of three films, Sacred Whispers, The Road to Ithaca and Safe Sex.

Alexia represented Cyprus twice in the Eurovision Song Contest, first with the song "Monika" with the musical band Island in 1981, and then as a solo artist in 1987 with the song "Aspro Mavro". In 2012, Alexia was awarded with "Performer of the Year" at the Madame Figaro - Women of the Year Awards in Cyprus.
Alexia - In a Jazz mood (1996)

Chick Corea and Alexia

TRACKLIST
01. Spain (piano Chick Corea)
02. Round Midnight
03. The dawn is breaking (Ximeroni by Mikis Theodorakis)
04. Autumn Leaves
05. How High The Moon
06. Moody's Mood
07. Black Coffee
08. A Night In Tunisia
09. Cry Me A River
10. I Wish You Love
11. Summertime
12. Moon of paper (Hartino to fegaraki by Manos Hadjidakis)
13. Soft And Gentle (piano Chick Corea, bass John Patitucci)

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