Difference between revisions of "Stratos Payoumtzis"
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[[Image:Stratos-payioumtzis.jpg|thumb|180px|Stratos Payoumtzis]]Born in [[Ayvali]], [[Asia Minor]], in [[1904]] and living in Greece from around [[1918]], a few years before the [[Asia Minor Disaster]] of [[1922]], '''Stratos Payoumtzis''' sang until his death, in [[1971]], in New York City. He was so impoverished at the time of his death, that a collection had to be taken up by the Greek-American community to send his remains back to Greece. | [[Image:Stratos-payioumtzis.jpg|thumb|180px|Stratos Payoumtzis]]Born in [[Ayvali]], [[Asia Minor]], in [[1904]] and living in Greece from around [[1918]], a few years before the [[Asia Minor Disaster]] of [[1922]], '''Stratos Payoumtzis''' sang until his death, in [[1971]], in New York City. He was so impoverished at the time of his death, that a collection had to be taken up by the Greek-American community to send his remains back to Greece. | ||
| − | He was a close friend of [[Markos Vamvakaris]] and also a member of the famed '''''[[Tetras, the Legendary of Piraeus|Tetras]]''''' (''Τετράς, η ξακουστή του Πειραιώς''), which many afficionados recognize as the Prototype Rebetiko ''Super Group'' that founded the ''Piraeus School'' of [[Rebetiko]] . Rebetiko composers loved his vocal style and enthusiastically went about composing for him . These included such luminaries as [[Giorgos Batis]], [[Anestos Delias]], [[Vassilis Tsitsanis|Tsitsanis]], [[Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)|Papaioannou]] , Tountas and Papazoglou . | + | He was a close friend of [[Markos Vamvakaris]] and also a member of the famed '''''[[Tetras, the Legendary of Piraeus|Tetras]]''''' (''Τετράς, η ξακουστή του Πειραιώς''), which many afficionados recognize as the Prototype Rebetiko ''Super Group'' that founded the ''Piraeus School'' of [[Rebetiko]] . Rebetiko composers loved his vocal style and enthusiastically went about composing for him . These included such luminaries as [[Giorgos Batis]], [[Anestos Delias]], [[Vassilis Tsitsanis|Tsitsanis]], [[Yiannis Papaioannou (rebetika)|Papaioannou]] , [[Panayiotis Toundas|Tountas]] and Papazoglou . |
Revision as of 11:02, September 22, 2006
Born in Ayvali, Asia Minor, in 1904 and living in Greece from around 1918, a few years before the Asia Minor Disaster of 1922, Stratos Payoumtzis sang until his death, in 1971, in New York City. He was so impoverished at the time of his death, that a collection had to be taken up by the Greek-American community to send his remains back to Greece.
He was a close friend of Markos Vamvakaris and also a member of the famed Tetras (Τετράς, η ξακουστή του Πειραιώς), which many afficionados recognize as the Prototype Rebetiko Super Group that founded the Piraeus School of Rebetiko . Rebetiko composers loved his vocal style and enthusiastically went about composing for him . These included such luminaries as Giorgos Batis, Anestos Delias, Tsitsanis, Papaioannou , Tountas and Papazoglou .