SAKIS PAPADIMITRIOU - FLOROS FLORIDIS "IMPROVISING AT BARAKOS" (J.N.D., 1979)

The first Greek recording with free improvised music.
Recorded at the first modern Jazz club in Athen right below the Akropolis.


Floros Floridis, clarinet, soprano & alto saxophone
Sakis Papadimitriou, piano


01. Improvisation A Plus Opening And Closing     14:56
02. Almost Kalamatianos     4:23
03. Wave     7:11
04. Folk Improvisation     10:43
05. F2 Extract     2:30
06. Kj     5:32
07. Alto 0,5     6:23
08. Improvisation C     7:30
09. Intermission     6:47
10. Improvisation D Plus The National Rock'n'Roll     13:03


Recorded at Jazz Club of Barakos in Plaka, Athen, Greece on April 15, 1979.

J.N.D. Records 003 (CD - 2002)
Originally released as 2 x vinyl (LP 901) on the same label in 1979.

L.S.-F.W. "ELLISPONTOS" (J.N.D., 1985)

Paul Lytton, drums, live electronics
Hans Schneider, double bass
Floros Floridis, clarinet, alto saxophone
Phil Wachsmann, violin, live electronics


1. L.R.I     19:48
2. S.R.III   16:28
3. S.R. IV   07:19


Track 1 (A):
Music created by improvising by L.S.-F.W. during its performance at 4.12.1985 in 2nd Jazz and Improvised music festival in Thessaloniki.
Tracks 2 & 3 (B1, B2):
Music created by improvising by L.S.-F.W. at 5.12.1985 in a studio date.

j.n.d. III-A
(On F.F. website > jnd re-records LP 05)

(lp rip - not my rip)

Φλώρος Φλωρίδης (Floros Floridis) - st (Improvisation Series 1980)

A1 - Alto             0:59
A2 - Soprano I, II, III         14:43
A3 - Μπαντούρα - Alto     4:03
B1 - Clarinette I, II         9:45
B2 - Clarinette - Flute         9:12

Floros Floridis - Alto Sax (tracks: A1, A3), Bandura (tracks: A3), Clarinet (tracks: B1, B2), Flute (tracks: B2), Soprano Sax (tracks: A2)

Recorded at Nikos Papazoglou's studio in Thessaloniki on September 23th and 24th 1980

Improvisation Series 4, Improvisation Series ‎– C 905
Vinyl
Released 1980

The Black Sea Orchestra - The Black Sea Project - Lyra 1998

1. Horum Instabul  11:36
2. Paramashivam Smile  13:56
3. Tekez Zortlatmasi 11:18
4. Folk Song 6:30
5. Moving Wagon 12:59

Alexander Alexandrov: bassoon

Floros Floridis: soprano saxophone, bass clarinet

Zurab Gagnidze: electric bass

Enver Ismailov: electric guitar

Ivo Papazov: clarinet

Ergün Senlendirici: trumpet

Anatoly Stefanet: viola

Harry Tavitian: piano

Akay Temiz : percussions, drums

Okay Temiz: drums, percussions

Nariman Umerov: accordion

Recorded in Istanbul in 1996

Lyra cd ML 0660

L.S.-F.M. "ADONIS 21.10.1983"

This is for Brian and Andy ;-)



Paul Lytton, percussion
Hans Schneider, bass
Floros Floridis, soprano & altosaxophone
Pinguin Moschner, tuba & euphonium


A. Adonis fourth part   [21:21]
B. Adonis second part   [19:27]

Recorded on October 21, 1983 at Theatre Adonis in IH´Dimitria, Greece.

j.n.d.1 CP 962

(lp rip)

My thanks goes to owombat for the original rip.

FLOROS FLORIDIS - KROK TRIO (j.n.d., 1986)

Floros Floridis, clarinet, alto & soprano saxophone
Dimitris Polyzoidis, violin, viola
Michalis Siganidis, bass

1. 7, 9, 11                             (05:58)      
2. Φίγκοβιτς                            (08:40)       
3. Mysterioso  (Th.Monk)                (05:47)                  
4. Ο Ζακ Πιτσούνι Στα Εχθρικά Πυρά      (06:02)        
5. K.R.O.K.                             (03:23)  
6. Kula-Kula                            (07:14)      
7. 5 Έλληνες Στον Άδη                   (02:24)


Recorded at Radio Station Macedonia, Studio EPT-1 on 23rd October, 1986.

j.n.d.6

(lp rip)

CHANCEY - FLORIDIS - KOWALD - MOHOLO "HUMAN ASPECT" (OM, 1990)

CHANCEY - FLORIDIS - KOWALD - MOHOLO "HUMAN ASPECT"


Vincent Chancey, french horn
Floros Floridis, alto & soprano saxophone
Peter Kowald, bass
Louis Moholo, drums



1. Mongezi 06:11
2. The Spell 09:36
3. Open Side 03:09
4. River People 13:13
5. Peace 07:28
6. A Night To Remember 02:26


Recorded in Athens, Greece, January 1990, at Studio Thita.

OM B/002