Bachir Attar - Attar As The Leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka

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. 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 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. CDs include Bill Laswells' Apocalypse Across the Sky, 1991, Peter Gabriel's Jajouka Between the Mountains, 1995, appearances with the Rolling Stones on Steel Wheels 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 Prsents The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka, with The Rolling Stones and Brian Jones' Estate with Point (Polygram) records, with the corrected spelling of "Jajouka" for consistency.