The AglanJazz festival returns to Skali Aglantzias on Saturday, October 10, with five bands playing from 7pm to 11pm in a night of jazz and contemporary Cypriot music.
Fuzz Bus will launch their debut album, Love Revolution, and the Charis Ioannou Quartet will play mainly original compositions, which it will perform a few days later at the My Unique Jazz Festival in Berlin, representing Cyprus. MOCA will close the night with new material recorded in 2026 and due for release in early 2027.
7pm to 7.40pm: Steppin’ Out Jazz Band
The band opens the festival with a tribute to Duke Ellington, playing some of the best-known works by the American composer, bandleader and pianist.
Line-up: Alice Ayvazian (vocals), Dimitris Miaris (piano), Costas Challoumas (bass), Marios Spyrou (drums).
7.50pm to 8.30pm: Pocket Migration
The fusion jazz trio combines contemporary jazz influences with a strongly electric sound and relies heavily on improvisation. Its repertoire includes original compositions and its own arrangements of jazz standards.
Line-up: Andreas Epaminonda (electric guitar), Pavlos Daniel Loucaides (keyboards), Enyalios Papadopoulos (drums).
8.40pm to 9.20pm: The Charis Ioannou Quartet
Ioannou has led the quartet for nearly 20 years, working with Cypriot jazz musicians throughout. The group mixes arrangements from the Great American Songbook with original work by its members, and its current line-up is built around the sound of Ioannou’s baritone and bass saxophones.
Line-up: Charis Ioannou (baritone and bass saxophone), Marios Spyrou (drums), Christos Yerolatsitis (piano), Kyriakos Kesta (bass).
9.30pm to 10.10pm: Fuzz Bus
Formed in 2011, the band recorded the album’s six tracks live in the studio. Their music starts from jazz and improvisation and moves between soul, funk and rock.
Line-up: Ermis Michail (guitar), Lefteris Moumtzis (vocals, bass), Andreas Panteli (keyboards), Omiros Miltiadous (drums).
10.30pm to 11.10pm: MOCA
The four musicians met while studying in Amsterdam and later taught and worked together in Mumbai. The band draws on jazz and world music, plays original compositions by its members and has performed at festivals and venues in Cyprus, India, Thailand and Poland.
Line-up: Christos Yerolatsitis (piano), Odysseas Toumazou (guitar), Marios Menelaou (bass), Aron Nyiro (drums).
