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Maja Jaku

Maja Jakupovic, known artistically as Maja Jaku, is an acclaimed jazz and soul vocalist, composer, and respected university professor whose voice and artistry transcend cultural and musical boundaries. Born on October 24 in Kosovo into a family rich in artistic tradition, her extraordinary talent revealed itself early—by the age of seven, Maja was winning music festival awards, and by fourteen, she had already formed her first band. At eighteen, in the Yugoslav wars, she made a courageous and defining choice: to travel alone to Austria to pursue her dream of studying jazz. In 1991, Maja passed the fiercely competitive entrance exam for the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, where she studied under legendary jazz vocalists including Sheila Jordan, Mark Murphy, Andy Bey, and Jay Clayton

Blessed & Bewitched

By Maja Jaku

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Witch; I’m a Queen; Lonely Little Fox; Blessing Will Come; Never Let Me Go; Rituals; Everything Must Change.

The Witch

November 5, 2025

Album: Blessed & Bewitched
By Maja Jaku
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 07:04

David Sneider, Joe Elefante, Charles Lloyd, Boz Scaggs and more

by Benjamin Boddie
October 30, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by David Sneider, Joe Elefante, Charles Lloyd, Boss Scaggs, Andrew Carroll, Sean Mason, UNLV Jazz Ensemble, Josie Falbo, Leslie Odom, Jr., Steve Houghton, Nicholas Payton, Mike Clark, Rin Seo, Jamile, Nat Adderley Jr., JD Allen, Mark Sherman, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Anthony Stanco, Randy Napoleon, Jerry Weldon, Affinity Trio, Margherita Fava, Charlie ...

Mark Sherman, Jerry Weldon, Nicholas Payton, Maja Jaku and more

by Benjamin Boddie
October 23, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Mark Sherman, Jerry Weldon, Nicholas Payton, Maja Jaku, Chris Rottmayer, Ted Piltzecker, Nat Adderley Jr., Richard D. Johnson, Affinity Trio, Anthony Stanco, Noam Lemish, Kelsey Mines, Jimbo Ross, Lili Maljic, Anthony D'Alessandro, Grant Stewart, Michael Dease, Michael Mayo, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Nick Finzer, Christopher McBride, Sacha Boutros, Mike Clark, Charlie ...