Najma Akhtar

Najma Akhtar
Also known as	Najma
Born	18 September 1962; Chelmsford, England

Najma Akhtar also known as Najma (born 18 September 1962)[1] is a British singer of Indian[2] ancestry. She was born in Chelmsford, England.[3][4]

Najma studied chemical engineering at Aston University, Birmingham: her father, brother and sister are also engineers.[3] In 1984 she won the Birmingham Asian Song Contest, and in 1987 produced her first album.[3]

Her unique and distinctive styles range from fusions of jazz with the Indian ghazal, doing updated arrangements of these ghazals (love songs and spiritual songs), along with traditional bhajans, Indian Semi Classical vocals and the occasional Bollywood hit.

She has also appeared as a performer in the songs and videos of other performers, such as jazz and rock saxophonist Stan Harrison.[5] Najma has also worked with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on the No Quarter DVD.

Discography

Qareeb, 1987
Ghazals, 1988
Atish, 1990
Pukar, 1992
Forbidden Kiss: the Songs of S. D. Burman, 1996
Vivid, 2002
Fariyaad: A plea to the creator, 2008
Rishte, 2009
Five Rivers, 2020

Notable Collaborations

with Jah Wobble on his album Take Me to God
with Andy Summers on his album The Golden Wire
with Steve Coleman on his albums Black Science and A Tale of 3 Cities
with Ken Morioka on his album in Japan titled Question
with Apache Indian on his hit single titled Arranged Marriage
with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (both formerly of Led Zeppelin) on the track "The Battle of Evermore" from their album No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded
with Jethro Tull on the title track from the album J-Tull Dot Com
with La Cucina (band) on their album Bloom
with Sundae Club on their track Harold and their Stuff remix. She is also sampled in the song "Flight Four: India" off the album British Summer Time

Notes

"Najma". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
"Pakistan's non-resident nightingale". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
www.musicianguide.com Najma Biography
"Who is Najma, and what did she contribute to music?". eNotes. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2009-06-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "Najma". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2018-08-05.

[2] "Pakistan's non-resident nightingale". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

[musicianguide-3] www.musicianguide.com Najma Biography

[4] "Who is Najma, and what did she contribute to music?". eNotes. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2009-06-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)