Jama or JAMA may refer to:

• Jama Software, a privately held company in Portland, Oregon
• Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, a Japanese trade association
• JAMA (numerical linear algebra library), a toolkit for the Java programming language

Publications

• Journal of the American Medical Association, an international peer-reviewed general medical journal
• Journal of Asian Martial Arts, a peer-reviewed martial arts journal

Places

• Jama (woreda), a woreda in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia
• A former name of Kingisepp, a town in the Leningrad Oblast, Russia
• Paso de Jama, a mountain pass between Argentina and Chile
• Jama Canton, a canton of Ecuador, located in the Manabí Province

See also[link]

• JAMMA

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Carl Carlton (born May 21, 1952, Detroit, Michigan) is an American R&B, soul, and funk singer and songwriter, best known for his hits "Everlasting Love" and "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)".

Career[link]

Carlton first sang in the late 1960s as "Little Carl" Carlton, a marketing ploy to capitalize on some vocal similarities to Stevie Wonder, who recorded under the name "Little Stevie Wonder" in the early 1960s. After scoring some minor local hits, Carlton was signed by Don D. Robey and moved to Houston, Texas, the home of his new record label, Back Beat Records. Carlton saw some success with the new label including his first major hit, a cover version of Robert Knight's "Everlasting Love", that went to #6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1974.

Robey sold his labels to ABC Records in 1972, and in 1976 Carlton became embroiled in a royalty dispute with the new ownership that caused him to stop recording for some time. He then signed with Mercury Records in 1977, but only released one single on that label. Carlton was unable to land a new recording contract for several years until Leon Haywood helped him get a singles deal with 20th Century Records.

A Haywood-penned single, "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)", became a major hit, peaking at #2 on the soul chart and earning Carlton a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.^[1] The track peaked at #34 in the UK Singles Chart.^[2] Carlton's subsequent album, Carl Carlton, went gold in 1981. "She's a Bad Mama Jama" has since become a staple of compilation albums and soundtracks and is often sampled in rap music.^{[citation needed]}

Carlton released several more albums in the 1980s but had only a few minor R&B hits. After 1985's Private Property, he did not release another album until 1994's Main Event, which also failed to chart.

In late 2002, Carlton appeared with many R&B stars on the "Rhythm, Love, and Soul" edition of the PBS series American Soundtrack. His performance of "Everlasting Love" was included on the accompanying live album that was released in 2004.^[3][4]

On August 1, 2010, Carlton released his first gospel single entitled: "God is Good". He is currently in the studio completing his yet to be titled new album.^[5] Carlton has recently^[when?] been nominated locally for a Detroit Music Award in Gospel Performance category.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Carl Carlton at Allmusic
• Carl Carlton at the Internet Movie Database

Performing live in 2008.

Bassekou Kouyaté (born in 1966 in Garana) is a musician from Mali. His band is known as Ngoni ba.

He was born in Garana, Barouéli Cercle, 60 kilometres from Ségou in 1966.^[1] At the age of 12, he started playing the Ngoni. In the late 80's he moved to the capital Bamako.^[2]

Kouyaté's album Segu Blue^[3] was released internationally in 2007 by Out Here Records and distributed in the U.K. by Proper Music Distribution. The album was produced by Lucy Duran.^[2] He has also appeared on a number of albums by Toumani Diabaté ^[2] and has performed in several European countries.^[2] Kouyaté is currently on tour with Bela Fleck.

Kouyaté's wife, Ami Sacko, is also a musician and performs in his band.^[2] His father Mustapha Kouyaté was a ngoni player and his mother Yagaré Damba was a praise singer.^[1]

Discography[link]

• Segu Blue (2007)
• I speak Fula (2009)

Awards[link]

• 2008 - BBC3 Awards for World Music - Album of the Year & African Artist of the Year.^[4]

References[link]

• More from Mali: Review. African Business, January 2008.
• mali-music.com: Bassekou Kouyaté. The prince of the strings. 15 January 2004.

External links[link]

• Bassekou Kouyate on Myspace
• Out Here Records
• Bassekou Kouyaté on Facebook