Najma Akhtar
also known as Najma (born 18 September 1962) is a British singer of Indian ancestry.
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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]
She is noted for jazz modification of the traditional Urdu Indian ghazal (love songs and spiritual songs).[5]
She has also appeared as a performer in the songs and videos of other performers, such as jazz and rock saxophonist Stan Harrison.[6] Najma has also worked with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on the No Quarter DVD.
Najma Akhtar
Singer
also known as Najma (born 18 September 1962)[1] is a British singer of Indian[2] ancestry. She was born in Chelmsford, England.
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