Sting, Simon Shaheen, Mark O'Connor and Giovanni Hidalgo are among the many artists Jamal has performed with and his music has been featured on recordings for the television documentaries "Ramses the Great", National Geographic's "Lions of Darkness", and the film biography of Robert Johnson, "Can't You Hear the Wind", starring Danny Glover and Keb' Mo'. He has presented percussion clinics at Berklee College of Music in Boston, the University of Hong Kong, the American University in Cairo, Egypt, and the National Institute of Fine Arts in Mexico City. Jamal is currently a percussion instructor and dance musician at Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts, and performs with the World Music group "Brahma", the Middle Eastern Jazz ensemble "Beledi", and the percussion group "D-Drum".
Selected Highlight Events
October
2004 —
Featured performer: Global Rhythms. Maimi University
July 2004 —
Featured performer: Bandung World Music Festival. Java, Indonesia
March
2004 —
Presented workshop on Middle Eastern drumming at Mayaguez puerto Rico
December
2003—
Presented workshop on Middle Eastern drumming at San Diego State University.
July
2003
—
Featured performer at Payangan World Music Festival in Bali, Indonesia.
Instructor at Center for World Music summer workshop in Bali.
February 2003 — Featured performer at Hong Kong Convention Center with DDrum and performers from Beijing Opera for production of Magic Flute directed by Vicki Ooi Presented workshop on Middle Eastern Drumming at Hong Kong University.
July 2002 — Featured performer at Payangan World Music Festival in Bali, Indonesia. Instructor at Center for World Music summer workshop in Bali and performances in Java.
June 2001 — Featured performer and clinician at Berklee World Percussion Festival. Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts.
November 2000 — Featured performer
and clinician at Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC),
Dallas, Texas.
July 2000 — Featured performer
with Sting and opening band Simon Shaheen and Al'Qantara, Jones Beach, New
York.
1999 — Featured performer at the
Yukon International Storytelling Festival, Whitehorse, Yukon. Canada.
1999 — Featured performer at the
21st Annual Thyagaraja Indian Music Festival, Toronto, Canada.
1998 — Featured performer and
instructor at the International Guild of Musicians in Dance, Stockholm,
Sweden.
1998 — Featured performer at the
Lotus World Music Festival, Bloomington, Indiana.
1997 — Featured soloist with the
SMU Percussion Ensemble at the Percussive Arts Society Convention, Anaheim,
California.
1996 — Featured performer with
Omaha Magic Theater at the 1996 Suwon Castle International Theater Festival,
Suwon, South Korea.
1996 — Featured performer and
instructor at the Sixteenth Annual International Festival of Contemporary
Dance, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
1996 — Featured performer at the
Cal Arts Music Festival, California Institute of the Arts Valencia, California.
1995 — Featured performer at the
Forty-Ninth Annual Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, Chicago,
Illinois.
1994 — Featured performer and
Artist in Residence at the Zeltspiele Music Festival, Freiburg, Germany.
1993 — Composer and music director
— theater production: Circus Beckett,American University, Cairo, Egypt.
1991 — Composer and performer
— Arabian Fantasy: multi-media stage show; San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1989 — Composed and recorded original
music for nationally broadcast TV documentary: Ramses the Great.
1983 - present: Percussion Instructor
and Accompanist — Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of
the Arts, Dallas, Texas.
1990 - present: Young Audiences
— Percussion workshops and performances in schools, Juvenile Detention
Centers, Half-Way Houses, etc.
1986 - present: Arts for People
— Music therapy sessions at psychiatric facilities.
Selected Performance and Teaching Experience
2003: Master Class — Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, China
2002: Master Class/Residency — Center for World Music. Bali, Indonesia
2001: Master Class/Residency — Berklee World Percussion Festival. Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts
2000: Master Class — Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC), Dallas, Texas.
1998: Master Class/Residency — International Guild of Musicians in Dance, Stockholm, Sweden.
1996: Master Class/Residency — National Institute for the Arts, Mexico City, Mexico.
1993: Master percussion class — University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.
1992: Master percussion class — Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts.
1992: Master percussion classes and three week residency — American University of Cairo, Egypt.
1991: Six-week residency — Stonewall Jackson Elementary School, Dallas, Texas; worked with hearing impaired students. Constructed and learned to play percussion instruments culminating in a performance at the Dallas Museum of Art. Read a review.
1988 - 1990: Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration: Music Around the World. Children's program demonstrating musical instruments from various cultures.
1980 - present: Co-Founder, performer — "Beledi" Middle Eastern Jazz Ensemble; winner of 1989 Dallas Observed Award for Avant Garde, Experimental Music.
1984 - present: Percussionist — Celtic Stone — Austin based Irish music ensemble
1988 - 1990: Co-Founder, performer — Flash to Bangtime; nominated 1990 Dallas Observer for Best New Act.
1990 - present: Young Audiences — Percussion workshops and performances in Dallas public schools, Juvenile Detention Centers, Half-Way Houses, etc.
1989 - 1991: Percussionist — Cafe Noir; music performance ensemble; winner of 1989 and 1990 Dallas Observer Award for Best Jazz Group.
1982 - 1989: Music Director, composer — African Dance Company; El Centro College, Dallas, Texas.
Selected Recorded Works
|
Cantiga, Martha's Dragon — Cantiga Records, 2004 D'Drum, Yoga Rhythms — Ellen Barrett's, ProMotion Music, 2002 |
| JimSuhler, Dirt Road Top Cat Records, 2002 |
| Cantiga, The Otter's Pool — Cantiga Records, 2001 |
| Archetribe, earth tones Stretta Records, 2001 |
| Meadows Percussion Ensemble, Strike Gasparo, 2000 |
| D'Drum, Village Beside Time — Unicornucopia Records, 2000 |
| Jamal, , Beledi 1999 |
| Flipside, Artificial Joy 1999 |
| Buddy Mohmed, American Bedouin Blue Cedars Music, 1998 |
| rubberbullet, Open Last Beat Records, 1996 |
| Between the Lines, Between the Lines What Are Records, 1994 |
| Yogarobics Dance/Exercise video, 1992 |
| Flash to Bangtime, One Minute One Night Big Bang Records, 1990 |
| Mark O’ConnerMMeanings Of - Warner Bros., 1986 |
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