 March 15, 2007 Forward Music announces the release of:  Faces: The new CD of Ibrahim Jaber (Gros Bras) At the Blue Note Cafe Friday the 30th of March at 7:00 PM. Ibrahim will be signing his CD and performing with friends This CD was five years in the making. Ibrahim Jaber took his time to record the eight tunes on the CD because of the varied styles it contains and the need to involve international musicians and singers in the works. With a chorus line from Africa, a guitarist from India, another guitarist from Spain, a horn section from France, a singer from the USA and a solid rhythm section from Lebanon, this CD is truly a World Music endeavor. Ibrahim Jaber Biography: He founded many groups which were successful in France: Batuk international [percussions] Kazz Baladi [oriental music] Chocolaté [salsa] and Rocket 88 [jazz funk]. He returned to Lebanon in 1998 and he started teaching at the national conservatory in Beirut becoming a member of the national symphony orchestra in 1999. He is the founder of three bands: Gros bras [fusion between salsa, Latin jazz, Brazilian, African and oriental, El Candela [latin-jazz], Toubab [percussion. He participated in many musical festivals: Byblos festival, 1999: (Gros Bras), Lebanon 2000, Beirut Jazz Festival, Baalbeck international festival 2003 with the symphonic orchestra, Baalbeck international festival 2004 with the symphonic orchestra and Placido Domingo, Tyr 2005, Al Bustan 2005, and the Beiteddine Festival 2005, with Julia Butros. He produced the CD Rituel Du Feu in 1995 in collaboration with the 38th Rugissants/Carlo Rizzo, He wrote a "Method For Percussions" for the national conservatory of Lebanon. |