Christos Asonitis – Drummer | Educator | Composer

“Every piece on this amazing album leaps out at you from your speakers like a juggernaut, and each one is fascinating… Is there such a thing as a perfect album? This one surely comes close. Everything about it is charming, engaging and attractive, and there is clearly enough musical variety among these pieces to make it a must-have disc for those who like both Latin classical and pop-jazz music. Maravillosa!” (Lynn René Bayley – The Art Music Lounge, January 2021) (review of “Rapsodia Cubana”)

“As a composer, Christos Asonitis leaves nothing to chance, but rather places great value on sophisticated arrangements that seem downright classic.” (Volksblatt, September 28, 2020) (review of Christos Asonitis Quintet’s concert at Tangente Jazz+ Eschen)

“Christos Asonitis Quintet is without a doubt one of the most beautiful new discoveries of our time” (Oli Palko, Jazzclub Cave 61 e.V., February 2020)

“… An album that adorns the contemporary Greek jazz discography…Without using extreme and formal formulations, and with a weapon in his exuberant writing, Asonitis knows how to prepare and build unique beauty pieces (“December”), taking all of his musicians (“Ancient dance 490 B.C.”). In Vamvakaris’ song, he is also a true arranger, defining a structure, above and beyond the basic purpose, with many margins of melodic maneuvers, and always close to the basic concept of the album.” (Phontas Troussas – Vinylmine, October 2018) (review of “An Ode To The Light”)

“An album full of Greek light and world totality with the music ensemble giving color from beginning to end. (…) Another remarkable work of our own Greek jazzman.“ (Efthimis Paras – jazzbluesrock.gr, July 2018) (review of “An Ode To The Light”)

“Everything on “An Ode to the Light” refers to quality (…) A dense and impenetrable jazz, built of exceptional virtuosity and exquisite use of any space. At the same time, a transparent jazz, open to different explanation by the listener, vulnerable to feelings and generous in images.” (Antonis Kalamoutsos – Against The Silence, January 2018) (review of “An Ode To The Light”)

“A real singer on his instrument and behind it the Greek drummer Christos Asonitis does not stand back. A stable value in the South German jazz and fusion scene, a man who not only never lets arise monotony in the continual permutation’s, metamorphosis’ and variation’s urge, in addition, challenges however also the listeners only up to their limits and just not pointlessly. A creative mind who invents something new at every moment and seems to surprise not only us, but often also himself with it. Asonitis’ solos are compact, clear and besides, built up unconventionally, they look real like compositions. If I say now that he has a fantastic grooving and drive, I risk offending with it his partners what I make though now and then with pleasure, however here would be absolutely inappropriate.” (The New Listener, June 2016)