Bachir Attar

Bachir Attar (born 1964 in Jajouka, Morocco) is the leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar. He is the son of Hadj Abdesalam Attar, who led the group Master Musicians of Jajouka at the time of their album, Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka, produced by Brian Jones in 1968.

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 released as manager in 1972. 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 1995 reissue of the first album.

Attar and 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 in 2009 by director Augusta Palmer; William S. Burroughs: A Man Within; directed by Yoni Leyser (2010); and Nicolas Roeg's Bad Timing (1980). Albums with the group and Attar include Apocalypse Across the Sky (Axiom, 1992), Jajouka Between the Mountains (WOMAD, 1996), appearances with the Rolling Stones on "Continental Drift" from the album Steel Wheels in 1989, the second album of the group from 1974, produced by Joel Rubiner, entitled The Master Musicians of Jajouka, and the 1995 reissue of Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka on Point (Polygram) records. The spelling of "Jajouka" in the 1995 reissue title was corrected from "Joujouka" in the initial release's title for consistency with the band name spelling on the second album from 1974.

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