Vasilis Xenopoulos and Paul Edis Duo – Feels Like Home

Vasilis Xenopoulos and Paul Edis began playing together 20 years ago, when they had both relocated to West London to study. Originally from Greece, Vasilis had just finished studying at Berklee College in the US, whilst Paul had moved South from the Northeast of England. In the intervening years they’ve played numerous gigs together, releasing their first album in 2016, entitled A Narrow Escape to critical acclaim. Their latest recording features original music inspired by the many places they’ve called home over the years. Released in April 2024 on the Ubuntu label, ‘Feels Like Home’ has already received glowing reviews from around the world, and the band has toured the UK with more dates planned for the Autumn and 2025.

“World-class” Los Angeles Jazz Scene (USA)

“grounded in the jazz tradition... inspired playing” All About Jazz (US)

“the quartet’s compatibly and their ease in performance is a delight “Jazzwise (UK) – review and Editor’s Choice

“an album to which you quickly become addicted” Action Jazz

“an attractive and lively album” La Habitacion del Jazz

“Xenopoulos blows with a rich tone and Paul Edis shows himself to be a restrained, yet swinging pianist.” Jazz Flits

“the versatile pianist Paul Edis matches [Vasilis] in both virtuosity and creativity.” Jazz’n’More magazine

“faithfully evokes the famous era of jazz” Jazzma

Quotes

Vasilis Xenopoulos

“One of the most fiery young saxophonists around blazes a path through the hard bop repertoire" (The Times) ★★★★

“A tremendous asset to the UK Jazz Scene" (London Jazz News)

Paul Edis

“a significant new voice in British Jazz” (Brian Morton, Jazz Journal)

“One of the leading lights of contemporary jazz” (London Jazz News)