Babylonia Suite, by Ilios Steryannis

Babylonia Suite

by Ilios Steryannis

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1.	Babylonia 06:30	buy track
2.	The Cobra 04:22	buy track
3.	Zakir 07:02	buy track
4.	Madchester 03:59	buy track
5.	The Procession 05:04	buy track
6.	Nina's Dance 03:08	buy track
7.	Ya Nabat Al-Rehan 05:04	buy track
8.	Blue Rumba 04:42	buy track
9.	Sun Song 05:14	buy track
10.	400 North 05:09	buy track
11.	LaPlante 05:26	buy track

about

Ilios Steryannis is a jazz drummer and composer from Toronto, Canada. He is thrilled to announce the release of his heavily anticipated second album Babylonia Suite!
Recorded in June of 2023 at the renowned Canterbury Music Company in Toronto, the album is a co production between the leader and Juno winning bassist Henry Heillig. Featuring ten original tracks that encompass Middle Eastern, Indo-jazz fusion, funk and hard bop styles,
along with a traditional Iraqi Jewish song written by the Al-Kuwaiti brothers of Baghdad.
This album also features Juno winning musicians Ravi Naimpally (tabla) and Sundar Viswanathan (bansuri flute). Ilios’ first album Bethany Project, released in 2018, received rave reviews and airplay all over the
world. Babylonia Suite will be released worldwide on all platforms on Thursday November 2nd, 2023!
The CD release show, featuring all 8 musicians on the album, will be Wednesday November 22nd at 8pm at the Jazz Bistro, 251 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON.

credits

released November 2, 2023

Paul Pacanowski –clarinets and saxes
Tania Gill – piano and Rhodes
Henry Heillig – acoustic and electric basses
Ilios Steryannis –drums, compositions
With special guests
Sundar Viswanathan – bansuri flute
Ravi Naimpally – tabla
Jessica Deutsch – violin
Nawras Nader – vocals and oud

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Ilios Steryannis Toronto, Ontario

ILIOS STERYANNIS BIO

Ilios Steryannis is a pro drummer who gigs around Toronto with a variety of artists including Steve Koven. His last album "Bethany Project" got good reviews in Modern Drummer and All About Jazz. Ilios also runs a drum school and is a loving husband and proud parent of two great kids. ... more