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Chaz Jankel
Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and producer Chaz Jankel –
born April 16, 1952, in Stanmore, Middlesex, England – is best known as the
bandleader and co-songwriter for Ian Dury & the Blockheads as the co-writer of
“Ai No Corrida,” which was a hit for Quincy Jones in 1981. Chaz Jankel learned
to play the guitar at the age of seven and then studied the piano. His musical
journey began in 1972 when he joined the folk-rock group Byzantium, eventually
joining Jonathan Kelly's Outside in 1974. He met former Kilburn & the High Roads
leader Ian Dury and co-founded Ia...
