Duke Ellington Tribute by the Steppin' Out Jazz Band

Tribute concert honoring great Jazz composer Duke Ellington by the Steppin' Out Jazz Band! Join Technopolis 20 garden for an exciting night with iconic Jazz songs featuring Alice Ayvazian (vocals), Dimitris Miaris (piano), Costas Challoumas (double bass) and Marios Spyrou (drums), on Tuesday, 18th of August 2026, at 8pm.

Duke Ellington was the most important composer in the history of jazz as well as being a bandleader who held his large group together continuously for almost 50 years. The two aspects of his career were related; Ellington used his band as a musical laboratory for his new compositions and shaped his writing specifically to showcase the talents of his bandmembers, many of whom remained with him for long periods. Ellington also wrote film scores and stage musicals, and several of his instrumental works were adapted into songs that became standards. In addition to touring year in and year out, he recorded extensively, resulting in a gigantic body of work that was still being assessed a quarter century after his death. Ellington was noted for his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, and for his eloquence and charisma. His repertoire includes classic standards s