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Jamala (born Susana Jamaladinova, on August 27, 1983 in Osh, Kyrgyzstan) is an Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar jazz-singer, performing the music of her own composition on the junction of jazz, soul, world music and rhythm&blues with the elements of classics and gospel. Jamala has been fond of music since her early childhood. She made her first professional recording at the age of 9 years old, singing 12 children and folk Crimean Tatar songs. Graduating from the Music school piano class in her native Alushta, the singer entered the Simpheropol Music College named after Tchaikovsky followed by the graduation from the...

1. 'Jamal' is a polish reggae and hip-hop formation started in 1999 in the Polish town of Radom. It consists of 'Tomek "Miodu" Mioduszewski' and 'Łukasz Borowiecki'. 2. Jamal Phillips, also known as Mally G or just Jamal, is a rapper and music producer. He started his career as one-half of rap duo, Illegal, the rap act formed by Dallas Austin in the early 1990s. He is considered an honorary member of the Def Squad. 3. Jamal Wasswa, an Ugandan music artist. Known for dancehall, reggae and afrobeat songs. .

Ahmad Jamal (born July 2, 1930) is a noted American jazz pianist. Jamal was one of Miles Davis's favorite pianists and was a key influence on the trumpeter's "First Great Quintet" (featuring John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums). Davis had long admired Jamal's use of space and dynamics, and had asked Wynton Kelly to "sound more like Ahmad Jamal" on the track "Freddie Freeloader" on the landmark album Kind of Blue. Since the 1980s Jamal has been regularly touring the major clubs of the United States and...

Acoustic guitarist Maneli Jamal has lived in five different countries (Iran, Belarus, Germany, USA, Canada) and moved twenty times by the time he was 18. The young artist gained a sense of musical maturity rarely seen among his peers especially when he transforms his nomadic life experiences into musical movements using extended guitar techniques. There aren't many players in his style that have Jamal's balance of power and sensitivity, nor his breadth of ideas. His rhythmic concepts can be alternately short and dense, or explored carefully through several movements and real life stories. This becomes evident with having won countless...

Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook April 24, 1954) a journalist and political activist, was convicted of the murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner, which took place on December 9th, 1981. He received the death sentence from a jury. He is most famous for the subsequent mass campaigns for and against his conviction. Jamal had been awaiting execution in Pennsylvania from 1982 until December 2001 when Federal District Court judge William Yohn overturned his death sentence. However, Yohn reaffirmed Jamal's conviction, ruling that he will remain in custody indefinitely. Abu-Jamal's case has become a popular cause on the political left, within...