All Of Me

Over the course of a 2 year span, Marc Ernest Quartet performed an eclectic choice of tunes of various genres. 

Presented here are 4 tracks, known as jazz standards 

Radio Beirut, one of Beirut pioneer social-activist bars and web-radio station, hosted the group for a myriad of gigs to an attentive and fun crowd. 

Line-up: 

Christian Fakhoury - Tenor Saxophone 
Philippe Dib - Electric Bass 
Arek Karagoezian - Drums 
Ayman Zebdawi - Congas 
Marc Ernest - Electric Piano 

Recorded live at Radio Beirut between 2014 and 2015 
Editing, mixing and mastering - Sam Sidawi (Netherlands) 

Illustration, and cover design - George Rouhana

My Favourite Things (Rodgers & Hammerstein)

Nica's Dream (Horace Silver)

Autumn Leaves (Vladimir Cosma)

Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk)

نبّه النّدمان صاح - Nabbeh AL Nedmen Sah

Longa Sultani Yakah - لونغا سلطاني يكاه

Tal Omr Al Layl Aa'ndi - طال عمر الليل عندي

ايقظ الحب فؤادي - Aykatha Al Houbbou Fou'adi

Born in 1982 in Beirut, Marc-Ernest Diab is a self-taught artist. Drawn to the piano at the age of 3, Marc Ernest, perfected his music, and acquired a vast experience performing in Lebanon and abroad.

A student of the Lebanese Higher National Conservatory, found himself passionate for a new instrument called the bassoon, which led him to major in it for six years with Sebouh Tekian, a member of Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra. He was also a student of the late and renowned composer Mr. Boghos Gelalian (1927-2011) in piano, music theory, harmony and counterpoint perfecting thus his knowledge and technique.

He majored in Musicology at Holy-Spirit University in Kaslik (USEK) and graduated in 2013, he is a keen adapt of jazz and regularly performs in various venues in Beirut. Autodidact he learned the basics of jazz and other music idioms and their application on the piano on his own, and since then he has been a major contributor to the Lebanese Jazz and music scene.

Marc Ernest

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