Bachir Attar
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Bachir Attar (Arabic: بشير عطار, born 1964) is a Moroccan musician and the leader of
Attar as leader of the Master Musicians of Jajouka
Bachir Attar was born in Jajouka, Morocco, and the Master Musicians are 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 (
Solo and group performances and recordings
In addition to his work with Master Musicians of Jajouka, Bachir Attar was granted a Music Composition Fellowship by "The New York Foundation for the Arts" in 1990 for his compositions "Memories of My Father" and "Sounds of New York". Attar has also recorded a
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 US in winter 2009 playing at UCLA Live, Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World festival at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. among other concerts around the US. In August 2009 Bachir and the Jajouka Masters played at Festival des Plages in Al Hoceima, Morocco, and during la Fête du Trône in honor of the coronation of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. In June 2009 Bachir Attar and The Master Musicians of Jajouka performed with
Discography
(Solo)
- In New York, with Elliott Sharp (1990)
- The Next Dream, with Maceo Parker (1992)
References
- ^ Sweeney, Philip (July 21, 1995). "No Stone unturned". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ^ Rosemary Woodruff Leary, "The Master Musicians" Excerpted from "The Magician's Daughter", a work-in-progress., in Paul Krassner (ed.), Psychedelic Trips for the Mind. Reprint. (New York, 2000), pp. 58-62.
- ^ Burroughs, Bogey and Bourdain: A portrait of Tangier. May 12, 2013. CNN.com (retrieved August 19, 2013).
Further reading
- (in French) Alaoui, Mehdi Sekkouri. "Souvenirs. Sur les traces des Rolling Stones". Telquel Online. Retrieved January 14, 2007.
- Bowles, Paul (1991). Days. The Ecco Press. ISBN 0-88001-269-2.
- Davis, Stephen (1993). Jajouka Rolling Stone. Random House: New York. ISBN 0-679-42119-X
- Davis, Stephen (2000). "Old Gods Almost Dead". Broadway Books: New York. ISBN 978-0767903127
- Gross, Jason (June 2000). "Master Musicians of Jajouka: Bachir Attar Interview". Perfect Sound Forever. Retrieved January 22, 2007.
- Harris, Craig. "Bachir Attar". Retrieved January 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.
- Palmer, Robert (2010). "Blues and Chaos - The music writing of Bob Palmer". Ed. Anthony DeCurtis. New York: Scribners. ISBN 978-1416599746
- Palmer, Robert (October 14, 1971). "Jajouka: Up the Mountain". Rolling Stone magazine.
- Palmer, Robert (March 22, 1989). "Into the Mystic". Rolling Stone.
- 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 November 22, 2009.