Spiros Exaras

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

Career

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 and Antonis Kaloyannis, among others.

Albums[7]
  • 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

EP's
  • 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[11]

Singles
  • I Will Never Forget - Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Spiros Exaras - AL Music, Polyglottal Music 2019
  • La Ruta (featuring Nancy Ticotin) - Polyglottal Music 2020

Other Discography [12][13]
  • 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) [14]
  • 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) [15]
  • 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)[16]
  • Lina Orfanos : Essentially Ella (Babinis Productions - 2016) - (guitarist, arranger, producer)
  • Doros Dimosthenous : Compere (Purple Lily Records, 2016) - (guitarist) [17]
  • Achilles Liarmakopoulos - Ethereal - (AL 2017) - (guitarist, composer, arranger, producer) [18]
  • Korina Legaki, George Andreou, Nikos Xydakis : Neos Kosmos (Mikri Arktos, 2019) - (guitarist) [19]
  • Lina Orfanos : Dream (Bambinis Productions, 2019) - (composer, guitarist, arranger, producer)[20]
  • ROW : Rivers of the World (ROW - 2001) - (guitarist)
  • KOSMOS 93.6 : Ethnic Collection (Universal Music/MINOS 2005) -(composer, arranger, guitarist, producer) [21]
  • Various Artists (Lyra- 2008) - (guitarist, arranger)

Music for Film and Theater
  • Everything for a reason- 2000 - directed by Vlas Parlapanides, written by Vlas and Charles Parlapanides, executive producer Larry Meistrich [22]
  • Niko's restaurant - 2001(short) -written by Evan Camfield and Efterpi Charalambidis, directed by efterpi Charalambidis[23]
  • Just Cause - 2014(short) -written and directed by Paul Krisikos[24]
  • Gallathea (play) (2002)

References
  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.
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  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. Spiros Exaras: The Dwarf Planets, retrieved 2020-11-15
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  14. "Θωμάς Μπακαλάκος - Απ' Την Ελλάδα Γεια Χαρά". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  15. "Aris Tomas* - Wild World". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  16. DalarasWebTeam. "Παρουσίαση Δίσκου "Τα άστεγα" - Γιώργος Νταλάρας - George Dalaras". Γιώργος Νταλάρας - George Dalaras (in Greek). Retrieved 2016-04-18.
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  18. Achilles Liarmakopoulos, Nostos, retrieved 2017-03-29
  19. "Γιώργος Ανδρέου - Νίκος Ξυδάκης. Ερμηνεύει η Κορίνα Λεγάκη". Athens Voice (in Greek). Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  20. ♫ Dream Odyssey - Lina Orfanos. Listen @cdbaby, retrieved 2020-01-02
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  22. Parlapanides, Vlas (2000-10-23), Everything for a Reason, retrieved 2016-03-25
  23. Charalambidis, Efterpi (2000-01-01), Niko's Restaurant, retrieved 2016-03-25
  24. Krisikos, Paul (2000-01-01), Just Cause, retrieved 2016-03-25
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