Christian Jahl

Christian Jahl (born 8 December 1972 in Düsseldorf) is a German musician, writer,[1] and songwriter.[2]

Christian Jahl
Born (1972-12-08) 8 December 1972
Düsseldorf, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationMusician, writer and poet
Years active1995–present
Website[http://www.christianjahl.de/ Official website of Christian Jahl] (in German)

Life and career

During his studies at University of Cologne, where he graduated as a Master of Arts in musicology, Christian Jahl published his first poems in 1999 at Martin Werhand Verlag in the poetry anthology entitled Junge Lyrik.[3] The following publication was a historical photo book about the city of Meerbusch in 2002, where he went to grammar school at Städtisches Meerbusch-Gymnasium.[4]In 2003 he wrote a musicological analysis of the music of the British musician Sting entitled Sting – Die Musik eines Rockstars[5][6] which was published in Germany.

The guitarist or keyboardist Christian Jahl worked live and as a studio musician in many different projects with artists like David Graham, Thomas Battenstein or singer and actress Isabell Classen amongst others. He also wrote and produced music for trailers and different media usage. As the only German artist he participated in the international US-project The Beatles Complete on Ukulele[7] created by the renowned New York based producers David Barratt and Roger Greenawalt with the song If I Needed Someone by George Harrison of The Beatles, which he produced as the German version Wenn ich einmal jemanden brauche.[8] Continuing publications in literature and music like the pop-rock album Café Deutschland followed. To support his football club Fortuna Düsseldorf to go up to the 1. Bundesliga in 2012 he wrote and produced a single called Sonne des Westens.[9]

He lives in Düsseldorf and is strongly related to the Rhineland.

Books
  • Großstadtsommer. 100 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2015, ISBN 978-3-943910-13-1.
  • Zeitungsstand. 50 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2016, ISBN 978-3-943910-28-5.

Publications (selection)
  • Junge Lyrik – 50 Dichterinnen und Dichter. Anthologie, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 1999, ISBN 3-9806390-1-0.
  • Meerbusch-Zeitsprünge. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2002, ISBN 3-89702-466-7
  • Sting – Die Musik eines Rockstars. Ibidem Verlag, Hannover 2003, ISBN 3-89821-317-X

Discography (Selection)

Solo

Collaboration with other artists

Appearance

References
  1. Christian Jahl. In: Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender 2014/2015: Band I: A-O. Band II: P-Z., Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, P. 631–632, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  2. Jahl. In: Search catalogue Minerva Music Archived 25 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  3. Junge Lyrik. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 23. Juli 2004. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  4. Meerbsuch-Zeitsprünge. In: RP Online, 29. November 2002. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  5. Sting – Die Musik eine Rockstars. Archived 25 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  6. Sting – Die Musik eines Rockstars.. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  7. The Beatles Complete on Ukulele. In: The Telegraph, 27 May 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  8. If I Needed Someone.. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  9. Rubric: Three questions to Christian Jahl. In: Archiv Westdeutsche Zeitung, 13. August 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  10. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4672556/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1%20Christian%20Jahl%20bei%20IMDb Christian Jahl at IMDb]. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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