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Jaki Scheckter
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Jaki is a given name and a surname which may refer to: * John Jaki Byard (1922–1999), American jazz pianist, composer and arranger * Jacqueline Jaki Graham (born 1956), British R&B singer-songwriter * Jaki Liebezeit (born 1938), German drummer * Jaki Numazawa, ring name of Japanese professional wrestler Naoki Fukui (born 1977) * Patryk Jaki (born 1985), Polish politician * Stanley Jaki (1924–2009), Hungarian-born American Roman Catholic priest, historian and philosopher * Jaki Manu, a character in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' See also * Jackie (given name) * Jacqui Jacqui is a given name, usually a diminutive form of Jacqueline or Jacquelyn. Notable people with the name include: * Jacqui Abbott (born 1973), female lead singer with the band ''The Beautiful South'' *Jacqui Ainsley (born 1981), English model fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaki Byard
John Arthur "Jaki" Byard (; June 15, 1922 – February 11, 1999) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger. Mainly a pianist, he also played tenor and alto saxophones, among several other instruments. He was known for his eclectic style, incorporating everything from ragtime and stride to free jazz. Byard played with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and was a member of bands led by bassist Charles Mingus for several years, including on several studio and concert recordings. The first of his recordings as a leader was in 1960, but, despite being praised by critics, his albums and performances did not gain him much wider attention. In his 60-year career, Byard recorded at least 35 albums as leader, and more than 50 as a sideman. Byard's influence on the music comes from his combining of musical styles during performance, and his parallel career in teaching. From 1969 Byard was heavily involved in jazz education: he began teachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaki Graham
Jacqueline Graham (born 15 September 1956) is a British singer-songwriter. Following her hit version of "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" with David Grant in 1985, Graham scored a further five UK top 20 hits over a two-year period. In 1994, her cover version of Chaka Khan's hit "Ain't Nobody" reached number one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Dance Chart. Biography EMI Years Graham was born in Birmingham to Jamaican immigrants. In 1983 after recording a session for a jazz funk band called Medium Wave Band, Graham was spotted by a talent scout and signed to EMI Records. Two solo singles were released in the following year, "Heaven Knows" (the title of her first album) and "Once More with the Feeling". The duet with David Grant, a cover version of the Detroit Spinners track "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love", was released in early 1985 reaching No. 5 in March of that year. Graham's fourth solo single "Round and Around" saw her return to the UK top 10 a few months later. A second duet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaki Liebezeit
Jaki Liebezeit (born Hans Liebezeit; 26 May 1938 – 22 January 2017) was a German drummer, best known as a founding member of experimental rock band Can. He was called "one of the few drummers to convincingly meld the funky and the cerebral". Early life Hans "Jaki" Liebezeit was born in the village of Ostrau near Dresden, Germany. His mother Elisabeth was from Lower Saxony. His father, Karl Moritz Johannes Liebezeit, was the music teacher at the village school, specialising in accordion and violin, and taught both instruments to Jaki, who treasured his father's accordion for the rest of his life. His father was forced to stop teaching music during the Nazi period, and died in mysterious circumstances on 18 August 1943. His early life was one of extreme poverty, with no running water at home, surviving on vegetables grown in the garden, and having to walk several kilometres to school daily. As the Russians began to occupy East Germany, he became a refugee when his mother took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaki Numazawa
is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name . He currently wrestles for Big Japan Pro Wrestling in the Deathmatch division, where he has held the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship on one occasion. Personal life Numazawa got married on July 4, 2014, upon which he adopted his wife's surname, Fukui. Other media Numazawa appears as himself alongside Ryuji Ito, Abdullah Kobayashi, Takashi Sasaki and Daisuke Sekimoto in the 2006 movie Dirty Sanchez: The Movie. Numazawa and the other wrestlers perform wrestling moves on the three main cast members. Championships and accomplishments *Apache Army :*WEW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Jun Kasai *Big Japan Pro Wrestling :*BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) :*BJW Tag Team Championship ( 4 times) – with Abdullah Kobayashi (1) and Jun Kasai (3) :*Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship ( 5 times) – with Abdullah Kobayashi and Kazuki Hashimoto (1), and Daisuke Sekimoto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patryk Jaki
Patryk Tomasz Jaki (born 11 May 1985 in Opole) is a Polish politician, member of the European Parliament, former Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice (First Deputy Minister of Justice) and First Deputy Attorney General, former Chairman of the Verification Committee for Reprivatisation since 2017. Biography Education He attended the University of Wrocław, where he earned a Master of Arts in political science. In 2019 he submitted a thesis at the War Studies Academy setting out his ideas on Polish penitentiary system; he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree for it. Political career On 18 November 2015, Patryk Jaki became Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice responsible for, among other things, supervision over the Prison Service. He was also appointed Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Justice for the Implementation of the Electronic Monitoring System. He drafted an amendment to the existing law to prohibit depriving parents of the right of custody of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Jaki
Stanley L. Jaki (Jáki Szaniszló László) (17 August 1924 in Győr, Hungary – 7 April 2009 in Madrid, Spain) was a Hungarian-born priest of the Benedictine order. From 1975 to his death, he was Distinguished University Professor at Seton Hall University, in South Orange, New Jersey. He held doctorates in theology and in physics and was a leading contributor to the philosophy of science and the history of science, particularly to their relationship to Christianity. In 2018, Jaki was named one of five Catholic scientists "that shaped our understanding of the world" by Aleteia; the other four are: Copernicus, Gregor Mendel, Giuseppe Mercalli and Georges Lemaitre. Studies After completing undergraduate training in philosophy, theology and mathematics, Jaki did graduate work in theology and physics and gained doctorates in theology from the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome (1950) and in physics from Fordham University (1958), where he studied under the Nobel laureate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaki Manu
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' in 1992, by order of first appearance. Marj Neilson Marj Neilson was the clinic's first receptionist and was portrayed by Elizabeth McRae. A religious busy body and gossip, Marj became a staple and iconic of the show, being the shows original matriarch and leader of the Neilson family unit. She stayed on the show until 1996 and still remains one of the most iconic characters, returning for several guest stints. Tom Neilson Tom Leslie Neilson was the husband of Marj and the show's original paramedic. Tom stayed on the show for a year and his story lines covered illness and the hugely famous missing person scenario where Tom left his family and went into hiding, then later died of a heartattack Sam Aleni Sam Aleni was the Samoan paramedic who appeared on the show for 4 years. The casting of Sam proved groundbreaking, placing a Polynesian in the occupation of param ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie (given Name)
Jackie or Jacky is a given name or nickname for both males and females, originally a pet form of Jack, John, Jacques, Jacqueline, etc. People Men * Jackie Bradley Jr. (born 1990), American Major League Baseball player * Jackie Chan (born 1954), Hong Kong martial artist, actor, film director, producer, stuntman, and singer. * Jacky Cheung (born 1961), Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor * John Jackie Cooper (1922–2011), American actor and TV producer * Jackie Davis (1920–1999), American jazz singer, organist and bandleader * Jacky Duguépéroux (born 1948), French football manager and former player * Jacky Durand (born 1967), French retired road bicycle racer * Jacques Fatton (1925–2011), Swiss footballer * Jackie Fields (born Jacob Finkelstein, 1908–1984), American world and Olympic champion boxer * John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841–1920), British admiral * Jackie Earle Haley (born 1961), American actor * John Jackie Gleason (1916–1987), American comedian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
