Najma Akhtar
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Najma Akhtar
Najma Akhtar (born 18 September 1962, Chelmsford, Essex), also known as Najma, is an English pop singer of South Asian ancestry.
Her distinctive style ranges from fusions of jazz and Indian ghazal, doing updated arrangements of these ghazals (love songs and spiritual songs), along with traditional bhajans and the occasional Bollywood hit.
[edit] Discography
- Ghazal's, 1988
- Qareeb, 1989
- Atish, 1990
- Pukar, 1992
- Forbidden Kiss: the Songs of S.D. Burman, 1996
- Vivid, 2002.
[edit] 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 album Black science
- 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 on their album Bloom
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