CHRISTOS KLADAS
Genres: Post-Fusion Contemporary, Post Bop, Classic Fusion • Greece

Saxophonist-composer-arranger-conductor-music teacher Christos I Kladas was born in 1969 in Ilioupoli, Attica. He came into first contact with the saxophone at the local Philharmonic and took his first lessons with Aris Karantanis (alto saxophone). He continued with Antonis Ladopoulos (tenor saxophone) and Vasilis Rakopoulos (jazz harmony), while at the same time he studied Classical Theory with Amaranto Amarantidis, Agni Frangoulis and Christos Lambrianidis. He made his alto debut at the age of 19 and toured the rock scenes of Greece with Dimitris Poulikakos, Misfits and George Dimitriadis. From 1992 to 1994, he studied jazz saxophone and theory at Jazz School Bern and appears in the local scenes with jazz, blues and funk groups. From 1995 to 1996 he serves his term mainly as a military musician and in '97 he returns to his studies in Bern. In 1999 he was introduced to the jazz department of Musik Akademie Basel, read more...