Mazen Kerbaj, Lebanese trumpeter, has recorded a first:

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a duet with the airplanes and bombs of the Israeli Defense Forces, in Beirut.

also, his blog, Mazen Kerblog, is filled with drawings and writings on the situation there.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 July 2006 06:01 (twenty years ago)

is this like that free jazz dude that thurston moore writes about in the liner notes to the "jazzactuell" box who used to go charging down the street w/ his saxophone duetting w/ honking fire engines??

― JABBA JABBA!! NIB NIB!! (vahid), Thursday, 20 July 2006 06:04 (twenty years ago)

dewey redman? frank wright? i forget which.

― JABBA JABBA!! NIB NIB!! (vahid), Thursday, 20 July 2006 06:06 (twenty years ago)

not quite. unfortunately this guy is making music and art because he has nothing else to do since his u.s. tour is cancelled, and he is separated from his son (with his mother in the shouf).

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 July 2006 06:07 (twenty years ago)

anyway i think the piece and the art on the blog speaks for itself. so please check it out.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 July 2006 06:11 (twenty years ago)

(but thanks for posting it)

― fandango (fandango), Thursday, 20 July 2006 06:18 (twenty years ago)

Wow. This guy has some really great art.

― Shoes say, yeah, no hands clap your good bra. (goodbra), Thursday, 20 July 2006 07:21 (twenty years ago)

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