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How would you describe your music in your own words?
It’s not so easy to describe because it is a mixture of more than one genre. The soul of the music is jazz, but since I’m from Lebanon I bring the Arabic spices – if you want – into my music.
We read you first heard jazz music at the age of 19. Is that true?
I don’t think it was the first time ever, but that moment at 19 made me feel as if I was struck by lightning. It was a very strong feeling when I heard a record by Herbie Hancock called The New Standard. I heard it by chance, I was in the record store and the guy behind the counter put it on for me because he saw me fooling around in the jazz section. The feeling I got was very intense and I immediately knew this was the music I wanted to dedicate my life to.
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