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Najma Akhtar

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Discography
Notable Collaborations
Notes
External links

{{Infobox musical artist
| background = solo_singer
| alias = Najma
| birth_date = 18 September 1962 (age 56)
| birth_place = 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 saxophonist/flautist Michael J. Parlett, and with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on the No Quarter DVD..

Discography

Ghazals, 1988
Qareeb, 1989
Atish, 1990
Pukar, 1992
Forbidden Kiss: the Songs of S. D. Burman, 1996
Vivid, 2002.
Fariyaad: A plea to the creator, 2008.
Rishte, 2009.

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 Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded
with Jethro Tull on the title track from the album J-Tull Dot Com
with La Cucina 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

1. ^{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Oxford Reference |title=Najma |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100221679 |accessdate=2018-08-05 }}
2. ^Pakistan's non-resident nightingale
3. ^¹²www.musicianguide.com Najma Biography
4. ^http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/najma-biography
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=17607 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-06-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521055333/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=17607 |archivedate=2008-05-21 |df= }}

External links

[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p3368|pure_url=yes}} biography at allmusic.com]
Najma's official web site

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