Iqbal Asif Jewel is a Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

i singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer. His first band was Legend, whose initial album was Onnobhubon. After the rest of the band left to continue their academic studies he joined WarFaze, a hard rock band that was one of the first Bangladeshi rock bands to incorporate elements of heavy metal and progressive metal/progressive rock in its songs.

In 1999 Jewel joined Miles

Miles (band)

Miles is a popular rock band from Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest bands in Bangladesh, forming as early as 1978.Miles currently consists of Hamin Ahmed on lead guitar, Shafin Ahmed on Bass, Manam Ahmed on keyboard, Iqbal Asif Jewel on guitar, and Syed Ziaur Rahman Turjo on drums...

, an already well-established and popular band who had been together since 1982.

As a solo artist, Jewel has released several albums including an instrumental fusion-rock album X Factor, and a collaboration with long-time friends from other bands; Jewel with the Stars.

Jewel has also produced or mixed several albums, including Sumon's first solo album Shopno gulo tomar moto, and Artcell's

Artcell

Artcell is a Bangladeshi progressive rock band formed in October 1999. According to The Daily Star, a leading English national daily, Artcell is "one of the leading rock bands of the country".-Formation:...

 second studio album Aniket Prantor.

Jewel released compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 Rock 101 in December 2008. In 2009 Eid Ul Fitr Jewel released the dual Rock 202 & 303.