teaching private lessons. Christos is a Musser artist and is playing his signature ‘Christos Rafalides’ mallets made by Mike Balter. He makes his home in NYC. Critical reception All About Jazz has said that "Christos Rafalides is forging a new direction for the vibraphone/marimba, one that ricochets off of the likes of Joe Locke, Bill Ware, Stefon Harris and Gary Burton. Rhythmically driven and spatially exact, Christos Rafalides' music reaches deep into the Latin consciousness and pulls out the perfect vibe." Pop Matters has said that "Rafalides has already developed a style that is recognizably his own. Unpretentious, pan-ethnic jazz for today’s tastes..." Athinorama has said that Christos "has a long and rich experience next to musicians like Randy Brecker and Ravi Coltrane, but has given his own mark into this multifaceted and multidimensional a New York scene." Awards A spot as one of the top-ten jazz recordings in Jazz Times' magazine's 2002 Year In Review issue for his album Manhattan Vibes Selected discography 2002 – Manhattan Vibes – (Khaeon World Music / Khaeon) 2005 – Van Gogh by Numbers – w/Joe Locke (Wire Walker) 2008 – Echo - The Music of Mimis Plessas – (Emarel Music) 2008 – Dark Sand – (Travelers Road Music) 2012 – We Two – Mimis Plessas & Christos Rafalides (Emarel Music) 2013 – Blue November – (Emarel Music) 2014 – Point Two – (Emarel Music) 2017 – Near & Dear – (Emarel Music) Source: All Music With Other Musicians With Christy Baron 'Steppin’' (Chesky Records, 2000) With Joe Locke Van Gogh by Numbers (Wire Walker Music, 2005) With George Fakanas ‘Domino’ w/Mike Stern and Dave Weckl (Nova-Athina Music, 2006) With Chaka Khan 'Do You Hear What I Hear’ (Breaking Records Music, 2006) With Sergio Salvatore 'Dark Sand' (Travelers Road Music, 2008) With Michael Moore 'The Soundtrack to Capitalism, A Love Story' (2008) With Alkinoos Ioannidis ‘Neroponti’ (Cobalt Music, 2009) With Jovanotti 'Oyeah' (Universal Music Italia, 2012) With The Harmony Ensemble of NY Henry Mancini: Music for Peter Gunn contacted by Steven Richman (Harmonia Mundi, 2012) With Petros Klampanis ‘Point Two’ (Emarel Music, 2014) With Thana Alexa ‘Ode to Heroes’ (Harmonia Mundi, 2014) With Dimitra Galani ‘Chronos Project’ (theinsound, 2015) With Hector Martignon's Banda Grande ‘Big Band Theory’ (Zoho, 2016) With Mauricio Zottarelli ‘Upside Down Looking Up’ (Independent, 2017) References External links Official site Christos Rafalides Discography 1972 births Living people American male jazz composers