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Spiros Exaras is a Greek guitarist, composer, producer and arranger.[1][2][3]

Career[edit]

He has performed and recorded with Mariah Carey[4] Shirley Bassey[5] Mark Murphy[6] Gerardo Velez, Philip Hamilton, Charles Blenzig, Mike Pope, Andy Middleton, Randy Brecker, Joel Rosenblatt, Jon Benitez, Tessa Souter, Dave Valentin, Arturo O'Farrill Evanthia Reboutsika, Mario Frangoulis, Kostas Hatzis, Elias Andriopoulos, Alkistis Protopsalti, Yannis Markopoulos, Kostas Karalis, Antonis Kaloyannis, Tom Schuman, Mark Egan, Tom 'Bones' Malone, George Dalaras, Manto, Petros Gaitanos, Alexia, Doros Dimosthenous, George Andreou, Elli Paspala, Kamerata Orchestra, Orchestra of Colors, Greek National Radio & Television Orchestra among others. [1]

Albums[7][edit]

  • Spiros Exaras plays Kostas Hatzis - (MBI Records) 1992
  • Everything For A Reason (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - (Polyglottal Music) 2000[8][9]
  • Niko's Restaurant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - (Polyglottal Music) 2001
  • Gallathea (Original Theatre Soundtrack) - )Polyglottal Music) 2002
  • Phrygianics[10] --- Spiros Exaras World Jazz Ensemble - (Blue Note Records) 2003
  • Old Waters New River — Spiros Exaras/Ellio Villafranca - (Harbinger Records) 2014
  • Just Cause (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - (Polyglottal Music) 2014
  • Mark Murphy feat Spiros Exaras : Live in Athens, Greece - (Harbinger Records)  2016
  • Stis Paralies Tou Feggariou --- Spiros Exaras/Iakovos Kambanellis/Lina Orfanou- (MLK) 2016
  • Anatomia Enos Eglimatos - Spiros Exaras/Fondas Ladis - (Metronomos 2023) [11]

EP's[edit]

  • Unbounded Blue (feat Randy Brecker, Mark Egan, Tom Schuman, Joel Rosenblatt, Don Harris, Tom "Bones" Malone, Alex Blake, Bill Harris, Gerardo Velez) - (Polyglottal Music( 1994
  • The Dwarf Planets with Achilles Liarmakopoulos on trombone - (Spiros Exaras Music (2020)[12]
  • The Magic of Christmas, feat. Eugene Ruffolo and Amanda Homi (Polyglottal Music 2021) [13]

Singles[edit]

  • I Will Never Forget - Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Spiros Exaras - (AL Music, Polyglottal Music) 2019
  • La Ruta (featuring Nancy Ticotin) - (Polyglottal Music) 2020
  • Yanni mou to Mandili sou/Take 5 - Loukia Valasi/Spiros Exaras  (Apollon Productions/Polyglottal Music, 2021) [14]
  • Christmas Fantasy - Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Spiros Exaras  (AL Music 2021) [15]
  • This is for U (feat. Georgia Lazaridou) - (Polyglottal 2022) [16]
  • Take Five (Live) - Spiros Exaras/Costas Baltazanis - (Polyglottal 2022) [2]
  • The Three Secrets of Rain - Spiros Exaras/Achilles Liarmakopoulos/ Georgia Lazaridou - (Polyglottal 2023) [17]

Other Discography [18][19][edit]

  • George Mouzakis, Lakis Lazopoulos : Eho Apopse Rendez-Vous (Sony Greece- 1992) - (guitarist)
  • John Modinos : Our Roots (Alfa Mi - 1993) - (guitarist)
  • Thomas Bakalakos : Ap'Tin Ellada Ya Hara (Alpha Mi Records, 1993) - (guitarist) [20]
  • Mariah Carey : My All & Breakdown (Sony Music - 1998) - (guitarist)
  • Man-Yee Lam : Awakened to a Dream (Starlight Music - 2000) - (guitarist)
  • Aris Tomas : Wild World (Wizard Records, 2003) - (guitarist, producer) [21]
  • Christie : Who Needs Love (Christie Productions - 2005) - (guitarist)
  • Richard Khuzami : Fused (Dahdoo Records - 2006) - (guitarist)
  • Lina Orfanos : Enchanted Night (Romanos Productions - 2007) - (guitarist, producer, arranger)
  • Mitch Zorba : Zorba (Young Pals Music - 2009) - (guitarist, co-writer, co-producer)
  • Emre Yilmaz : Kaderin Yerine (Yasar Kekeva Plakcılık - 2011) - (guitarist, arranger producer)
  • Argyro Kaparou : Xeirolaves (R-Time - 2012) - (guitarist)
  • Angeliki : Middle Earth Sea (Angel Bee Productions - 2013) - (guitarist, arranger, producer)
  • Dimitris Maramis-Lina Orfanos : Ay Amor (Romanos Productions - 2013) - (guitarist)
  • Amanda Homi : Till I Reach Bombay (Drumgirl - 2013) - (guitarist, arranger)
  • Tasso Zapanti : Reflections Upon (Zapanti Music - 2014) - (guitarist)
  • Lina Orfanos : Mathausen/Desserters (Babinis Productions - 2015) - (guitarist, arranger, producer)
  • Achilles Liarmakopoulos : Trombone Atrevido (ODEG - 2015), (guitarist, arranger, composer, producer)
  • Νικοs Platyrachos/George Dalaras : Ta Astega (Feelgood Records - 2015) - (guitar)[22]
  • Lina Orfanos : Essentially Ella (Babinis Productions - 2016) - (guitarist, arranger, producer)
  • Doros Dimosthenous : Compere (Purple Lily Records, 2016) - (guitarist) [23]
  • Achilles Liarmakopoulos : Ethereal - (AL 2017) - (guitarist, composer, arranger, producer) [24]
  • Nikos Platyrachos/Dimitris Lentzos : Mavri Mpogia sto Marmaro  (MLK, 2018) - (guitarist) [25]
  • Korina Legaki, George Andreou, Nikos Xydakis : Neos Kosmos (Mikri Arktos, 2019) - (guitarist) [26]
  • Lina Orfanos : Dream (Bambinis Productions, 2019) - (composer, guitarist, arranger, producer)[27] [28]
  • Samo Salamon : Almost Alone, Vol 1 (Samo Salamon 2020)- (featured guitarist) [29]
  • Lina Orfanos - Love Matters (Bambinis/Romanos Productions, 2021) - (guitarist, arranger, producer) [30]
  • Aggeliki: Samba Griega (Rtime, Polyglottal Music 2021)-(arranger, producer, guitarist) [31]
  • Vaggelis Tzitzis : Apostalagmata (Metronomos 2022) - (guitarist) [3]

Featured in Compilations[edit]

  • ROW : Rivers of the World (ROW - 2001) - (guitarist)
  • KOSMOS 93.6 : Ethnic Collection (Universal Music/MINOS 2005) -(composer, arranger, guitarist, producer) [32]
  • Various Artists (Lyra- 2008) - (guitarist, arranger)

Music for Film and Theater[edit]

  • Everything for a reason- 2000 - directed by Vlas Parlapanides, written by Vlas and Charles Parlapanides, executive producer Larry Meistrich [33]
  • Niko's restaurant - 2001(short) -written by Evan Camfield and Efterpi Charalambidis, directed by Efterpi Charalambidis[34]
  • Just Cause - 2014(short) -written and directed by Paul Krisikos[35]
  • Gallathea (play) (2002)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "KOSMOS 93.6 – Ethnic collection vol2 & vol3". Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  2. ^ "Spiros Exaras' Website Biography". Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  3. ^ "Spiros Exaras". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Spiros Exaras | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  5. ^ "spiros exaras". www.spirosexaras.com. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  6. ^ "Legendary Mark Murphy and Spiros Exaras Jazz It Up in newly minted CD – NEO Magazine". www.neomagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  7. ^ "Phrygianics". Walmart.com. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  8. ^ "Phrygianics - 2003". jazzonline.gr. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  9. ^ "Details Album: "79615"". jazzdaten.ch. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  10. ^ Jazz, All About. "Spiros Exaras-World Jazz Ensemble: Phrygianics album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  11. ^ Anatomia Enos Eglimatos (Enteka Astinomika Tragoudia), 2023-08-04, retrieved 2023-09-02
  12. ^ Spiros Exaras: The Dwarf Planets, retrieved 2020-11-15
  13. ^ The Magic of Christmas - Single by Spiros Exaras, 2021-12-01, retrieved 2021-12-27
  14. ^ Yanni Mou to Mandili Sou / Take 5 (Medley), 2021-03-25, retrieved 2021-10-14
  15. ^ Christmas Fantasy - Single by Achilles Liarmakopoulos & Spiros Exaras, 2021-12-10, retrieved 2021-12-27
  16. ^ Take Five (Live), 2022-06-28, retrieved 2023-09-02
  17. ^ The Three Secrets of Rain, 2023-05-01, retrieved 2023-09-02
  18. ^ "spiros exaras music". www.spirosexaras.com. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  19. ^ "Spiros Exaras | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  20. ^ "Θωμάς Μπακαλάκος - Απ' Την Ελλάδα Γεια Χαρά". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  21. ^ "Aris Tomas* - Wild World". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  22. ^ DalarasWebTeam. "Παρουσίαση Δίσκου "Τα άστεγα" - Γιώργος Νταλάρας - George Dalaras". Γιώργος Νταλάρας - George Dalaras (in Greek). Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  23. ^ "Spiros Exaras Music". spirosexaras.com. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  24. ^ Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Nostos, retrieved 2017-03-29
  25. ^ Mavri Bogia Sto Marmaro, 2018-12-03, retrieved 2021-10-14
  26. ^ "Γιώργος Ανδρέου - Νίκος Ξυδάκης. Ερμηνεύει η Κορίνα Λεγάκη". Athens Voice (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  27. ^ ♫ Dream Odyssey - Lina Orfanos. Listen @cdbaby, retrieved 2020-01-02
  28. ^ Love Matters, 2021-04-12, retrieved 2021-10-14
  29. ^ Almost Alone Vol. 1, 2020-11-02, retrieved 2023-09-02
  30. ^ Love Matters, 2021-04-12, retrieved 2021-10-14
  31. ^ Samba Griega, 2021-06-28, retrieved 2021-10-14
  32. ^ "spiros exaras music". www.spirosexaras.com. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  33. ^ Parlapanides, Vlas (2000-10-23), Everything for a Reason, retrieved 2016-03-25
  34. ^ Charalambidis, Efterpi (2000-01-01), Niko's Restaurant, retrieved 2016-03-25
  35. ^ Krisikos, Paul (2000-01-01), Just Cause, retrieved 2016-03-25
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