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'''Bachir Attar''' is the founder and leader of ]. Attar's father, Hadj Abdesalam Attar, may have led the group ] at the time of their groundbreaking album produced by ].<ref>Rosemary Woodruff Leary, "The Master Musicians" Excerpted from "The Magician’s Daughter", a work-in-progress., in , Ed Paul Krassner, ''Psychedelic Trips for the Mind'' Reprint (New York, 2000° pp 58-62</ref> This 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 Rubi.ner, and Attar's controversial 1995 reissue of the Joujouka musicians album, ]. 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. '''Bachir Attar''' is the hereditary leader of ]. Attar's father, Hadj Abdesalam Attar, led the original group ] at the time of a groundbreaking recording by ]. The group has also recorded under the shorter name "Master Musicians of Jajouka" on soundtracks for several films and documentaries, including ''The Cell'', alongside with the London Philharmonic. In the summer of 1989, Bachir Attar and the master musicians recorded with The Rolling Stones on ''Steel Wheels'', the second album of the group from 1974 produced by Joel Rubiner, and Attar's 1995, ]. Bachir Attar carries on his father's Attar family traditions with a new generation of "master musicians" descended from members of his father's original group.


He has recorded a couple of ]s in addition to his work with Master Musicians of Jajouka. Attar was a guest performer on ]'s 1993 album, ''Ekstasis''. Attar's manager and official photographer during his group's 1990s recording career was his wife, ], whom he had married in 1989. The two parted in 1996, but she was managing him and his band again by the mid-2000s. Bachir Attar has also recorded several ]s in addition to his work with Master Musicians of Jajouka. Attar was a guest performer on ]'s 1993 album, ''Ekstasis''. Attar's manager and official photographer during his group's 1990s recording career was his wife, ], whom he had married in 1989. The two parted in 1996, but she was again managing Attar and the musicians by the mid-2000s.


== Solo Discography == == Solo Discography ==
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== Further reading == == Further reading ==


* {{fr}} Alaoui, Mehdi Sekkouri. . Telquel Online. Retrieved Jan. 14, 2007.
* Bowles, Paul (1991). ''Days''. The Ecco Press. ISBN 0-88001-269-2. * 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 (1993). ''Jajouka Rolling Stone''. Random House. ISBN 0-679-42119-X.

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Bachir Attar is the hereditary leader of Master Musicians of Jajouka Featuring Bachir Attar. Attar's father, Hadj Abdesalam Attar, led the original group Master Musicians of Jajouka at the time of a groundbreaking recording by Brian Jones. The group has also recorded under the shorter name "Master Musicians of Jajouka" on soundtracks for several films and documentaries, including The Cell, alongside with the London Philharmonic. In the summer of 1989, Bachir Attar and the master musicians recorded with The Rolling Stones on Steel Wheels, the second album of the group from 1974 produced by Joel Rubiner, and Attar's 1995, Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at 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 original group.

Bachir Attar has also recorded several solo albums in addition to his work with Master Musicians of Jajouka. 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 again managing Attar and the musicians by the mid-2000s.

Solo Discography

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

Further reading

  • 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 Jan. 14, 2007.

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