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[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 brothers Mostapha Attar, Abdellah Attar, and the son of the famous drum master, Mohammed "Berdous" Attar, Other members include Abderrzak el Attar, Mokhtar Jaghdal, and Mohamed Attar, moqqadem of the shrine of Sidi Ahmed Sheikh, and Abdellah Bokhzar all who played with Bachir's father. Hamri was let go as manager in 1972.He 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 reissue. The group recorded under the shorter and correct pronunciation of the Moghrebi name "The Master Musicians of Jajouka" on soundtracks for films including((The Cell]],((The Hand of Fatima,2009 by Augusta Palmer who is the daughter of the late music critic and journalist Robert Palmer, William Burroughs,"A Man Within", directed by Yoni Leyser 2010,Nicolas Roeg's"Bad Timing" 1980.Bertolucci's adaptation of Paul Bowles' novel ((The Sheltering Sky)) 1989,The BBC filmThe Rolling Stones in Morocco 1989,and William Burrough's novel ((Naked Lunch))directed by David Cronenburg 1991. CD's include Bill Laswells' "Apocalypse Across the Sky"1991, Peter Gabriels' "Jajouka Between the Mountains"1995, appearances with the Rolling Stones on Steel Wheels1989, the second album of the group from 1974 produced by Joel Rubiner entitled "The Master Musicians of Jajouka', and Attar's controversial 1995 reissue of The Pipes of Pan with The Rolling Stones and Brian Jones' Estate with Point (Polygram) records, Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at Joujouka changed to the correct pronunciation "Jajouka" for consistency. [edit] Solo Career In addition to his work with Master Musicians of Jajouka, Bachir Attar was granted a Music Composition Fellowship from "The New York Foundation for the Arts"in 1990 for his compositions "Memories of My Father" and "Sounds of New York".He has also 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.He also recorded "Bachir Attar in New York with Elliot Sharp" in 1988,and later with Debby Harry and Chris Stein on the "Cash Cow" cd entitled "The Best of Giorno Poetry Systems 1965-1993". Talvin Singh and Bachir also made a CD in London 2000.With Bachir,the group has toured extensively in Canada in the summer of 2008 and Europe, Hong Kong. and USA in the 1990s,the new millenium 2000 until 2009. 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 Bachir and 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.Bachir Attar and The Master Musicians of Jajouka toured the USA in winter 2009 playing at "UCLA Live" "The Arabesque" show at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.among other concerts around the USA.In August 2009 Bachir and The Jajouka Masters were honored to be invited to play at "Le Fete du Throne"for the celebration of the coronation their King, His Royal Highness Mohammed VI in Al Hoceima,Morocco. In June 2009 Bachir Attar and The Master Musicians of Jajouka performed with Ornette Coleman, Patti Smith and Flea from The Red Hot Chili Peppers, at The Meltdown Festival in London. In July 2010 Bachir and his Musicians have the honor of being invited to play again with Ornette Coleman, at The North Sea Festival in Holland. A new record will also is expected to be released at this time. [edit] Solo Discography

* The Next Dream' with Maceo Parker (1992) * Bachir Attar In New York (With Elliott Sharpe, 1988)

Talvin Singh 2000

[edit] Further reading

* AFROPOP - An illustrated guide to Contemporary African Music. Sean Barlow & Banning Eyre, Jack Vartoogian photographs Chartwell Books Inc 1995 * "Reveillons a Tanger" by Daniel Rondeau 1988 * (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; * Davis, Stephen (2001). Old Gods Almost Dead. Broadway Books, ISBN 0-7679-0312-9, at 197. * 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. * Palmer, Robert (October 14, 1971). "Jajouka: Up the Mountain". Rolling Stone, at 42. * Palmer, Robert (March 23, 1989). "Into the Mystic". Rolling Stone, at 105. * "Apocalypse Across the Sky"1992 and "Steel Wheels" 1989, and "On the Edge"1993 in Rolling Stone *Magazine by David Fricke * The New York Times, 1992 Milo Miles * "Magic Mountain" Details Magazine 1992 by Brian Cullman * Turner, Steve. "When Keef Met Mr. Kif: ... in Morocco's land of forbidden pleasures". The Mail on Sunday: 35, 37. April 20, 2008. * "The New Yorker Magazine",November 16,2009 * The Wire 2009 Rewind - Global "Jajouka Live Vol.I"Bachir Attar and The Master Musicians of Jajouka. Best Cds in 2009 * Uncut Magazine 2009 review - Ornette Coleman,The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar with Flea and Patti Smith at Meltdown Festival London-rated Best performances of 2009 * "Blues and Chaos" - The music writing of Bob Palmer edited by Anthony DeCurtis, Scribners 2009. * The New York Times - "In Search of a Father,In Search of the Blues" Ben Sisario November 2 * THE WIRE MAGAZINE - The Master Musicians of Jajouka are nominated for one of the 10 best Global albums 2009 * JAZZ BEYOND JAZZ-overview of Le Poisson Rouge show for Robert Palmer with Bachir Attar. * BBC on the performance of the Meltdown Jazz Festival Performance with Ornette Coleman, Patti Smith and Bachir Attar and The Master Musicians of Jajouka * BIRMINGHAM JAZZ-Reviews the final night of Meltdown Performance with Ornette Coleman and Jajouka led by Bachir Attar * THE INDEPENDENT 2009 - Andy Gill, reviews the performance with Ornette Coleman and The Master Musicians of Jajouka * THE GUARDIAN 2009 - Reviews Ornette Coleman jamming with Jajouka led by Bachir Attar * THE TELEGRAPH UK, The London Evening Standard- reviews Patti Smith and mentions her jamming with Jajouka at Meltdown 2009 * THE GUARDIAN-Alexis Petridis -A mention of Patti Smith performing with the Master Musicians of Jajouka Meltdown. * AFROPOP WORLDWIDE-Interviews Bachir Attar preceding the final US Tour date at The Knitting Factory in New York City. Banning Eyre 2009 * MoroccoBoard.com Reviews the opening show included a 120-member children choir from Syria, Bachir Attar & the Master Musicians of Jajouka from Morocco, Qatar symphony orchestra and Marcel Khalifé and Al Mayadine Ensemble. * LAist Reviews The Royce Hall UCLA LIVE Performance 2009.Charging the air of Royce Hall with complex trance-inducing music and magic, The Master Musicians of Jajouka treated Los Angeles to a mesmerizing performance on Friday night. * Portland's KBOO radio interviews Bachir Attar 2009

Bachir Attar of The Master Musicians of Jajouka stops by KBOO studios for an interview on the eve of their performance at the Roseland Theater.

* METAL JAZZ REVIEWS-“Near the climax, the musicians’ energy loosened and broke in waves against the crowd’s frenzy…” * UCLA’s Daily Bruin publishes a review of The Master Musicians of Jajouka’s music in preparation for the tour launch. * METAL JAZZ REVIEW 2009 favorable review of Live Volume 1 published by Metal Jazz. * UCLA TODAY- Features Tour launch of Bachir Attar 2009