We Two by Mimis Plessas, Christos Rafalides

In the music world two artists performing or recording together is something that happens all the time. Nothing more trivial nothing more usual than a duet. But it is in rare occasions that two artists click together so well, the match is so perfect , that the duet becomes anything but usual, anything but trivial. It's a perfect match. It's magic.

Mimis Plessas and Christos Rafalides were born in the same corner of the world about half a century apart. They walked the same hills, swam the same waters and listened to the same sounds. At some point or another they both sat at the same bar stools of Jazz Clubs in the Village and performed on the same stages but at different times. So when the two sat together, Mimis Plessas hitting the first note on the piano and Christos Rafalides on the vibraphone, amazing music emerged. Music composed so brilliantly that although arranged originally with ethnic instrumentation and vocals, can be performed instrumentally in a totally different way, keeping all its freshness and fervor.

We Two, the first encounter of two outstanding virtuosos.
We Two, talent that bridges generations, music that transcends time.
We Two, recorded so that we too can feel the magic.

Christos' band “Manhattan Vibes” has appeared at many of NYCs cutting edge venues including the Blue Note, the Jazz Standard, Smoke Jazz Club and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. Recent highlights include performances with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis, a US tour with the Charles Mingus "Epitaph" Band, recordings with vocalists Chaka Khan, Christy Baron, Jovanotti, Dimitra Galani.

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