Music:
Member Since: 2/3/2008
Band Website: www.kerbaj.com
Band Members:
REGULAR PROJECTS AND GROUPS INCLUDES:
TRUMPET SOLO
KERBAJ - SEHNAOUI DUO
mazen kerbaj: trumpet
sharif sehnaoui: acoustic guitar
KERBAJ - ZERANG DUO
mazen kerbaj: trumpet
michael zerang: drums
"A" TRIO
mazen kerbaj: trumpet
sharif sehnaoui: acoustic guitar
raed yassin: double-bass
DÖRNER - HAUTZINGER - KERBAJ TRUMPET TRIO
axel dörner: trumpet
franz hautzinger: trumpet
mazen kerbaj: trumpet
MAWJA
michael bullock: double-bass & feedback electronics
mazen kerbaj: trumpet
vic rawlings: cello & surface electronics
FRANZ HAUTZINGER’S ORIENTAL SPACE
franz hautzinger: trumpet
mazen kerbaj: trumpet
helge hinteregger: electronics
sharif sehnaoui: electric guitar
ROUBA3I
mazen kerbaj: trumpet
christine sehnaoui: alto sax
sharif sehnaoui: electric guitar
+ various guest percussionists
rouba3i (ruba’i) – arabic word for quartet – was created in 2002 when 3 improvisers from beirut invited french percussionist le quân ninh for a quartet (Rouba3i1). the group kept on performing as a trio inviting a different percussionist to join in each time.
their only released album so far, rouba3i5 (al maslakh CD 02) with norvegian drummer ingar zach, was selected between the 12 best jazz & Improv albums of 2005 by The Wire magazine.
other guest percussionists includes: michael zerang, fabrizio spera, tatsuya nakatani, jason khan, olivier brisson, andrew drury, paul neidhart, lise lotte norelius, charles hayward, margriet rieben, sven-ake johansson, christian wolfarth, edward perraud, and others...
AL MASLAKH ENSEMBLE
mazen kerbaj: trumpet
christine sehnaoui: alto sax
sharif sehnaoui: electric guitar
raed yassin: double-bass
paed conca: electric bass and clarinet
michael zerang: drums
MOUKHTABAR ENSEMBLE
charbel haber: electric guitar
jassem hindi: electronics
mazen kerbaj: trumpet
bechir saadé: bass-clarinet, nay
christine sehnaoui: alto sax
sharif sehnaoui: electric guitar
raed yassin: double-bass
SOME OF MUSICIANS I HAD THE CHANCE AND THE PLEASURE TO PLAY WITH:
david stackenäs, stéphane rives, bertrand denzler, jim baker, fred lonberg-holm, guillermo gregorio, martin kuchen, mats gustaffson, paal nilsen-love, jack wright, ricardo arias, tv-pow, toshimaru nakamura, taku unami, gene coleman, carl ludwig hübsch, michel waisvisz, joel ryan, annette krebs, clare cooper, clayton thomas, c. spencer yeh, bonnie jones, birgit ulher, peter jaquemyn, wade matthews, heddy boubaker, alfredo costa monteiro, ruth barberán, ferran fages, pascal battus, quentin dubost, john berndt...
Influences: John Coltrane, Evan Parker, Sharif Sehnaoui.
Record Label: Al Maslakh (www.almaslakh.org) and others
Type of Label: Indie