Mazen Kerbaj (born Beirut, 1975) is a Lebanese jazz and free improvisation trumpeter and comic book artist.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mazen Kerbaj |
| Born | 1975 (age 48–49) |
| Origin | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Website | https://mazenkerbaj.com/ |
Early life
editKerbaj was born in Lebanon to artist and poet Laure Ghorayeb and actor Antoine Kerbaj. He grew up in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War, and began playing free jazz in local clubs following the reestablishment of cultural life in the 1990s.[1]
Career
editKerbaj s first public performances took place in 2000. He started his own record label, and toured internationally, playing with musicians such as Michael Zerang, Mats Gustafsson, Guillermo Gregorio, and Fred Lonberg-Holm in Europe and the United States.
He also issued his own comics in the 2000s, which are published on a blog. In July 2006, he recorded himself playing live during the 2006 Lebanon War with the sounds of bombs exploding and car sirens wailing.[2]
In 2015, he became artist-in-residence at the Berlin collective DAAD.
Discography
edit- A with Sharif Sehnaoui & Raed Yassine cd-thèque, 2003)
- Abu Tarek with Franz Hautzinger (Creative Sources, 2004)
- Rouba3i5 with Christine Sehnaoui, Sharif Sehnaoui & Ingar Zach (Al Maslakh, 2005)
- Brt Vrt Zrt Krt (Al Maslakh, 2005)
- 3:1 with Birgit Ulher, Sharif Sehnaou (Creative Sources, 2008)
- Blue Rain with Ernesto Rodrigues, Guilherme Rodrigues, Carlos Santos (Creative Sources, 2014)
- Ariha Brass Quartet with Axel Dörner, Franz Hautzinger, Carl Ludwig Hübsch (Al Maslakh, 2015)
- Funkhaus with Mike Bullock, Andrew Lafkas (Fine Noise & Light, 2017)
- East of Where? with Toshimaru Nakamura (Ftarri, 2017)
- Sawt Out with Burkhard Beins, Michael Vorfeld (2018)
Bibliography
editIn English [3]
- Learning Deutsch, Headache Comics (2018)
- Beirut Won't Cry, Lebanon's July War: A Visual Diary, Fantagraphics (2017)
In French [3]
- Politique, Actes Sud & Arte Editions (2019)
- L'Abécédaire with Laure Ghorayeb, Headache Comics (2014)
- Lettre à la mère, L'Apocalypse (2013)
- Un An: Journal d'une annee comme les autres, Headache Comics (2012)
- Suffit la bagarre! with Lenia Major, Samir Jeunesse (2012)
- Beyrouth, juillet–août 2006, Association (2007)
- 24 Poèmes, Headache Comics (2003)[4]
See also
edit- Laure Ghorayeb
- Cyril M
References
edit- ^ Mazen Kerbaj Expresses the Chaos of War-Torn Lebanon with His Trumpet. Dallas Observer, February 17, 2015.
- ^ The playlist: Middle East and North Africa – Hafida and Mazen Kerbaj . The Guardian, January 14, 2015.
- ^ a b "MAZEN KERBAJ". MAZEN KERBAJ. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
- ^ "24 Poèmes - Etsy". www.etsy.com. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
External links
edit- hoerspielundfeature.de. "Dinge des Lebens: Woche 9 - Krise Mein Vater ist nicht Adolf Hitler. Von Mazen Kerbaj". Hörspielportal dlf (in German). Retrieved 2023-08-29.