Christian Jahl (born 8 December 1972 in
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...
) is a German musician, writer, and songwriter.
Life and career
During his studies at
University of Cologne
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, where he graduated as a Master of Arts in
musicology
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, Christian Jahl published his first poems in 1999 at
Martin Werhand Verlag in the poetry anthology entitled ''Junge Lyrik''. The following publication was a historical photo book about the city of
Meerbusch
Meerbusch () is a town in Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been an incorporated town since 1970. Meerbusch is the municipality with the most income millionaires in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Geography
Meerbusch is a town i ...
in 2002, where he went to grammar school at Städtisches Meerbusch-Gymnasium. In 2003 he wrote a musicological analysis of the music of the British musician
Sting
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STING plays an important role in innate immunity. STING induces typ ...
entitled ''Sting – Die Musik eines Rockstars'' 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 created by the renowned New York based producers David Barratt and
Roger Greenawalt with the song
If I Needed Someone
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by
George Harrison
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of
The Beatles
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, which he produced as the German version ''Wenn ich einmal jemanden brauche''. Continuing publications in literature and music like the pop-rock album ''Café Deutschland'' followed. To support his football club
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga.
Founded in 1895, Fo ...
to go up to the
1. Bundesliga
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in 2012 he wrote and produced a single called ''Sonne des Westens''.
He lives in Düsseldorf and is strongly related to the
Rhineland
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.
Books
* ''Großstadtsommer''. 100 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2015, .
* ''Zeitungsstand.'' 50 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2016, .
Publications (selection)
* ''Junge Lyrik – 50 Dichterinnen und Dichter.'' Anthologie, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 1999, .
* ''Meerbusch-Zeitsprünge.'' Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2002,
* ''Sting – Die Musik eines Rockstars.'' Ibidem Verlag, Hannover 2003,
Discography (selection)
Solo
* ''Sie ist weg'
(Maxi 07CJ001, LC 04196, Popcorn/Minerva Music, 2007)* ''If I needed someone/Wenn ich jemanden brauche'
(Single, TBCOU, New York, 12.1.2010)* ''Café Deutschland'
(Album SLM1302, LC 29211, SLMusic, 14. September 2012)* ''Sonne des Westens'
(Single SLM1301, LC 29211, SLMusic, 19. October 2012)* ''Große kleine Stadt'
(Single M 7264, Monopol Records, 12. October 2018)* ''Songs aus dem Dachzimmer'
(Album M7271, Monopol Records, 12. July 2019)* ''Blau'
(Album M7299, Monopol Records, 6. Aug 2021)
Collaboration with other artists
*''Kymera'', Microcos
*''Thomas Battenstein'', Lines and Space
*''Tucholsky Reloaded – Für eine neue Generation'', various artist
(Album 09TP011, LC 00860, Melodia/Minerva Music, 2009)
* ''Die beste Kneipe der Welt'', various artist
Appearance
* Movie Jungle Child. Directed by Roland Suso Richter, UFA, 2011. ''Christian Jahl at IMDb''
Retrieved 31 October 2016.
Literature
Christian Jahl
In: ''Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Das 20. Jahrhundert - Nachtragsband: F - M Volume 2'', Verlag Walter de Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter (), is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature.
History
The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Ber ...
, 2020,
Christian Jahl
In: Nicolai Riedel
Nicolai Riedel (born 17 October 1952 in Lübeck) is a German philologist, author and an editor. Riedel worked for a long time as a research fellow in the library of the German Literature Archive in Marbach am Neckar. In addition, he is the author ...
''Bibliographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Lyrik 1945–2020'', Metzler, Heidelberg, 2023, S. 704,
References
External links
Official Website
* ttp://www.nrw-literatur-im-netz.de/datenbank/autoren/1235-jahl-christian.html Christian Jahl at NRW Literatur im Netz
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Christian Jahl
at Discogs
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1972 births
Living people
German male poets
German poets
German guitarists
German male songwriters
Musicians from Düsseldorf
Writers from the Rhine Province
Musicians from the Rhine Province
University of Cologne alumni