Christos Rafalides

Since moving to New York City, Rafalides has performed with Randy Brecker, Victor Lewis, Chaka Khan, Joe Locke, Antonio Sánchez,[1] Steve Hass,[2] Donny McCaslin,[3] Ronnie Cuber,[4] Ravi Coltrane, Christian McBride, Wynton Marsalis,[5][6] Mike Stern,[7] and Ron Afif among many others.

Some highlights include performances with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis, a tour with the Charles Mingus “Epitaph Band' featuring bassist Christian McBride and conductor Gunther Schuller, a recording with the Harmony Ensemble of NY of Henry Mancini’s “Peter Gunn” featuring Lew Soloff, a tour through India and China with Dario Boente,[9] a guest faculty member at the Zeltsman Marimba Festival,[10][11] and an Artist Residency at the “Music Village” in Greece.

Rafalides claims he had initially intended to pursue a career as a classical percussionist, until one evening when he heard pianist George Cables in a group with Billy Cobham, “here was this guy, playing with his shoes off, conveying so much feeling through his instrument...

During this time Rafalides began to perform within the New York City jazz scene alongside artists including Ravi Coltrane, Antonio Sanchez, Donny McCaslin, Hector Martignon, and Ron Affif.

Stylistically, Point Two combines a number of their influences including styles that are Middle Eastern, Greek, and Latin based to affect the original compositions, standards, and folk songs that make up the album.

[33][34] Source: All Music[40] With Christy Baron With Joe Locke With George Fakanas With Chaka Khan With Sergio Salvatore With Michael Moore With Alkinoos Ioannidis With Jovanotti With The Harmony Ensemble of NY With Petros Klampanis With Thana Alexa With Dimitra Galani With Hector Martignon's Banda Grande With Mauricio Zottarelli With Giovanni Mirabassi With Antonio Sánchez (drummer)