Ghazi Abdel Baki is a musician

Musician

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, composer

Composer

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, and producer

Record producer

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 born in Lebanon

Lebanon

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. He began his music career in 1985, as a drummer, and played with many bands in Lebanon and in the USA, namely: Amnesia (Lebanon 1983 - 1987), Munir Khawli Group (Lebanon, 1988 and 1995), Nobody's Fault

Nobody's Fault

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 (New York, 1988–1991), Forcado

Forcado

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 (Lebanon, 1992), Bare Necessity (New-York, 1993–1995), Ziad Rahbani

Ziad Rahbani

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 (Lebanon, 1995–1996), Virus (Lebanon, 1997–1999), Grand Prix with Ziad Rahbani (2007).

Ghazi also composed music for films and documentaries namely: Manhattan Magazine (1994), 100% asphalt (2001), Under The Shade of the Tree (2002), In the Name of Jihad (2003), The War Within

The War Within

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(2004), Maid In Lebanon (2005), Ramleh Sunset (2005), Invisible Children

Invisible Children

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(2005), Ammek (2006).

Proficient at mixing genres, Ghazi Abdel Baki interprets his own texts and those of Arab poets

Arabic literature

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 to various styles such as bedouin-funk, Afro-Cuban

Afro-Cuban

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, folk

Folk music

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 and jazz

Jazz

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. His music is like Beirut

Beirut

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; a crossroad of cultural fusion. He founded "Forward Music

Forward Music

Forward Music is a Lebanon based independent record label specializing in World Music.- History :Forward Music was founded in 2001 by CEO, composer, artist and producer Ghazi Abdel Baki...

" in 2001, and has produced the works of the main contemporary artists of the region: Charbel Rouhana

Charbel Rouhana

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, Soumaya Baalbaki, Mustafa Said

Mustafa Said

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, Ghada Shbeir, Issa Ghandour, Gros Bras, Ziyad Sahhab, Paul Salem as well as various compilations.

Discography

• Crucial (1994)
• Beirut Salsa (1999)
• Communiqué #1 (2004)
• Communiqué#2 (2007)
• The Last Communiqué (2009)