‘... The easy going and relaxed style Caribe promotes disguises an amazing technique. He comes from Brazil, where the playing of music is as natural as breathing and that kind of gives him a head start. It’s in the soul. Couple that with a sound understanding of harmony and composition, and you’ve a musician as instinctive as he is technically brilliant.
He produces spectacular runs - broad, enveloping chords that drip like honey from his instrument. Nothing beats his casual precision and colourful playing.’
Pat Quinn - Evening News
' ....I heard about Mario long before I met him . His reputation as a double bass player in Edinburgh's Jazz scene preceded him.'
John Donoghue - The Scottish Bass Trust Bulletin.
'SNJO ‘Planets Suite’ to which Mario wrote “Venus”...warmed up only by bassist Mario Caribe's 'Venus'. The band's Brazilian bassist filled his piece with Latin rhythmic warmth and Brian Kellock's piano bracketed punching horns , a warm wave lapping the stark edges of a frozen night.' Bob Flynn The Scotsman
'Carlos Pena Y Sus Muchachos are performing in The Vineyard...these salsa kings will mix original compositions with classic material by New York Stars like Johny Pacheco , and Fania All Stars...other members of the orchestra include Brazilian bass maestro Mario Caribe and pianist Paul Harrison , Scottish Young Jazz Musician of the Year.'
Martin Claffey - The Examiner (Ireland)
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(The National Jazz Institute)...’the Institute gave out it's first scholarship - to a Brazilian bassist Mario Caribe , who saw an add for the institute while on holiday in Glasgow during the Jazz Festival . He applied , was accepted , moved his family to Scotland ....and is currently gigging as well as holding down the bass chair in Smith's Beasts of Scotland Sextet. Scholarships are not given out lightly either.....so Caribe is an exceptional case. His is also an example to budding students.'
Rob Adams - The Herald
'(Joe Lovano & SNJO)....Lovano seemed to relish the opportunity to play with such subtlety , and his sweet , burbling obbligatos against the ensemble were beautifully apt. Robert Irvine on cello , and Mario Caribe on double bass , were also outstanding.
Phil Johnson - The Independent
'(Jazz Now @ Traverse Theatre)....There was no doubt who was the busiest musician on the final day of Assembly Direct's Jazz Now event. Bassist Mario Caribe took part in four of the five scheduled concerts, playing with both bands in the early evening double bill at the Traverse before heading off to Club Nego for the Scottish debut of Brazilian pianist Christianne Neves, and finally to the late night gig with Latino 2000 at Henry's Jazz Joint.
Kenny Mathieson - The Scotsman |
('Super Mario saves the day for an innovative Glasgow jazzfest') - The first two days of Assembly Direct's Soundcheck produced two genuinely memorable concerts and a few surprises. The biggest surprise must have been that experienced by bass player Mario Caribe, who arrived for his Saturday afternoon concert with Paul Harrison and found himself drafted into a demanding deputising job with the Paris-bornVietnamese guitarist Nguyen Le.
What jazz players call 'depping' is one thing when the repertoire is familiar jazz standards, but quite another when the player has to assimilate complex original music in the course of a short pre-gig rehearsal. Jazz musicians are highly adaptable , and Caribe coped superbly with the challenge in an excellent concert. Caribe seemed to slot into the trio's creative dialogue alongside drummer Laurent Robin in admirably compatible fashion.
Kenny Mathieson - The Scotsman |
