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Bachir Attar (born in Jajouka, Morocco in 1964) is the leader of Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar.^[1] He is the son of Hadj Abdesalam Attar who led the group Master Musicians of Joujouka at the time of their groundbreaking album produced by Brian Jones.^[2]

Contents 1 Attar as the leader of the Master Musicians of Jajouka 2 Solo Career 2.1 Solo Discography 3 Further reading 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Attar as the leader of the Master Musicians of Jajouka

Bachir Attar carries on his father's Attar family traditions with a new generation of "master musicians" descended from members of his father's group. They include his brother Abdellah Attar and the son of the famous drum master, Mohamed "Berdous" Attar. Other members include Mokhtar Jagdal, and Mohamed Attar, moqadeem of the shrine of Sidi Ahmed Sheikh. Hamri had sold the copyright for the music to Brian Jones, and Bachir Attar had to negotiate with The Estate of Brian Jones and The Rolling Stones for the loan of their ancient music for the issue.

The group recorded under the shorter name "Master Musicians of Jajouka" on soundtracks for films including The Cell, appearances with the Rolling Stones on Steel Wheels, the second album of the group from 1974 produced by Rubiner, and Attar's controversial 1995 reissue of the Joujouka musicians album, Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at Joujouka.

[edit] Solo Career

In addition to his work with Master Musicians of Jajouka, Bachir Attar has recorded a solo album entitled The Next Dream, which was produced in New York City by Bill Laswell in connection with Apocalypse Across The Sky, the album Laswell recorded of the traditional music for his label Axiom. Attar was a guest performer on Nicky Skopelitis's 1993 album, Ekstasis. Attar's manager and official photographer during his group's 1990s recording career was his wife, Cherie Nutting, whom he had married in 1989. The two parted in 1996, but she was managing him and his band again by the mid-2000s. The Master Musicians Of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar released a live album on newly founded Jajouka Records in January 2009 and will leave on a Winter Tour of The United States in February 2009.

[edit] Solo Discography

• The Next Dream (1992)
• In New York (With Elliott Sharp, 1994)

[edit] Further reading

• (French) Alaoui, Mehdi Sekkouri. "Souvenirs. Sur les traces des Rolling Stones". Telquel Online. Retrieved Jan. 14, 2007.
• Bowles, Paul (1991). Days. The Ecco Press. ISBN 0-88001-269-2.
• Davis, Stephen (1993). Jajouka Rolling Stone. Random House. ISBN 0-679-42119-X.
• Gross, Jason (June 2000). "Master Musicians of Jajouka: Bachir Attar Interview". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved Jan. 22, 2007.
• Harris, Craig. "Bachir Attar". Retrieved Jan. 14, 2007.
• Kinney, Glenn (June 20, 1993). "Bachir Attar: The Next Dream". The New York Times, p. H841.
• Nutting, Cherie, with Bowles, Paul. (2000). Yesterday's Perfume: An Intimate Memoir of Paul Bowles. Clarkson Potter, at p. 199. ISBN 0-609-60573-9.
• Pareles, Jon (December 9, 1993). "Pop and Jazz in Review: Bachir Attar and Trilok Gurtru". The New York Times, p. C14.
• Ranaldo, Lee (August 1996). "Into The Mystic". The Wire. Retrieved Nov. 22, 2009.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site for the Master Musicians of Jajouka featuring Bachir Attar
• Bachir Attar and the Master Musicians of Jajouka official MySpace page
• Lion-Auriga Music Publishing Master Musicians of Jajouka and Bachir Attar artist page