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Stelios Chatzikaleas
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JAZZ trumpeter Stelios Chatzikaleas, was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1985, his mother a courthouse secretary, his father a train driver.
He started learning piano at six, but when he heard records of Miles Davis and Chet Baker as a teenager, he switched to trumpet.
“I tried to learn their solos, their sound and articulation. Then I discovered Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava, who became my main influence, and I wanted to play like him.
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