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A BLUE NOTE RECORDS & BENEDETTO GUITARS ARTIST- COMPOSER - GUITARIST- EDUCATOR Lefteris Christofis is a Blue Note Artist whereas his last album “Nous Icons” was released by Blue Note Records, co -produced by the ‘7 times Grammy Award winner’ drummer Paul Wertico (Pat Metheny Group) and it had remarkable reviews from the media. He has performed with many top musicians from the UK, USA and Greek jazz scene and also with the drummer Paul Wertico, bassist Jeff Berlin and pianist Barbara Unger. He has collaborated as orchestrator with the saxophonist Chico Freeman -who has also recorded saxes on his last album –which is going to be released in 2014. He completed his studies at the Music Department of the Anglia University in Cambridge and lived in London. With his own “Cosmic Band” and as a member of the APU Jazz Orchestra performed in many venues and festivals. During his seven years of living in London he released his personal albums “Kalesma - Lefteris Christofis with British Friends” and “Mythoplasia”. As guitarist, he participated in the project ‘One Olympics’ of the Magnetics Poets which was presented in the Winter Olympics Games in Torino 2006. Since 2000, he is on the charge of the “Musical Ensembles & Improvisation” in Athens Music Hall and he also gives clinics concerning his personal project “From the Improvisation to Composition”. In 2010, he was endorsed by Benedetto Guitars and as a Benedetto Artist - he performed and demonstrated his extraordinary guitar Bravo Deluxe 40th Anniversary (http://benedettoguitars.com/artists/lefteris-christofis/) Since 2011, Lefteris Christofis is the artistic director of the educational organization Music Center Athens (MCA) (www.musicenter.gr). During 2013-14, he has started performing and presenting his new album with his new quartet LEFTERIS CHRISTOFIS & FABULOUS FOUR" featuring Dominique Di Piazza on bass, Jacques Marugg on vibraphone, Nikos Touliatos on drums.

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