Christian Jahl (born 8 December 1972 in
Düsseldorf
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) is a German musician, writer, and songwriter.
Life and career
During his studies at
University of Cologne
The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...
, where he graduated as a Master of Arts in
musicology, Christian Jahl published his first poems in 1999 at
Martin Werhand Verlag
The Martin Werhand Verlag is a German publishing house with a focus on contemporary literature and poetry. More than 25% of the 150 published authors have an immigrant background with parents who were born outside of Germany and have their roots ...
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 in ...
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 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
The Beatles Complete On Ukulele was a music project by David Barratt that incorporates re-recording and re-creating all original songs The Beatles ever recorded, with ukulele featured on each song.
Each Tuesday for four years from January 20, 200 ...
created by the renowned New York based producers
David Barratt
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and
Roger Greenawalt
Roger McEvoy Greenawalt is a music producer and musician known for carrying a ukulele at all times everywhere he goes. Greenawalt has worked with Iggy Pop, Rufus Wainwright, Nils Lofgren, The Pierces, Ben Kweller, Ric Ocasek, Branford Marsalis ...
with the song
If I Needed Someone
"If I Needed Someone" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by George Harrison, the group's lead guitarist. It was released in December 1965 on their album '' Rubber Soul'', except in North America, where it appeared on the J ...
by
George Harrison 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
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Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...
to go up to the
1. Bundesliga 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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Term
Historically, the Rhinelands ...
.
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 Be ...
, 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
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* Alex Metzler (1903–1973), American baseball player
*Brenton Metzler, American producer
*Chris Metzler, American filmmaker
* George Metzler (1912–1949), American racecar driver
* Jan Metzler (bor ...
, Heidelberg, 2023, S. 704,
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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References
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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