Vasilis Xenopoulos grew up in Greece, trained at Berklee in Boston, and made London his home — and the city’s jazz scene is the richer for it. He plays straight-ahead jazz with genuine authority, the kind that comes from years of serious gigging rather than careful positioning. His 2019 album Dexterity took on the music of Dexter Gordon — never an easy act to honour — alongside trumpeter Quentin Collins and pianist Ross Stanley. His ongoing quartet with guitarist Nigel Price, the XPQ, has earned its own devoted following. The Guardian called the pairing “downright irresistible.” Not much to argue with there. Googlies is very glad to have him back.