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I was born in Lebanon and grew up with jazz music in the house because my father was a great jazz enthusiast. I have been listening to jazz since I was a child and I have become a self-taught aficionado. I have listened to over 7000 jazz recordings and read about 100 critical works on jazz. I continue to expand my musical horizons by catching live shows and expanding my personal music library. Since moving to the US in 92 I have lived in different parts of the country. I currently am a practicing neurologist and live in Chicago with my wife, our parrots and our cats. I also review for the “Free Jazz Collective” and “Jazziz” magazine. I am a member of the Jazz Journalist's Association.

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I love jazz because of the spontaneity involved in its creation, the freedom in its expression and its colorful history. I was first exposed to jazz when my father played Charles Mingus' "Roots and Blues" for me I met James Moody in St Louis in 2002. The best show I ever attended was the McCoy Tyner trio with Charnett Moffett and Eric Gravatt in Burlington on June 11th 2005. The first jazz record I bought was Tijuana Moods by Charles Mingus. My advice to new listeners is to sample a few different genres of jazz and listen to each record carefully rather than just having it play in the background.

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