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Bachir Attar is the leader of a group of Master Musicians of Jajouka who record under the name Master Musicians of Jajouka featuring Bachir Attar. His father, Hadj Abdesalam Attar, recorded groundbreaking albums with Brian Jones and Joel Rubiner released in 1971 and 1972, respectively. Bachir Attar carries on his group's Attar family traditions with a new generation of "master musicians" descemded from members of his father's group.

Bachir Attar has recorded a couple of solo albums in addition to his work with Master Musicians of Jajouka. His manager and official photographer throughout his 1990s group and solo recording career was his ex-wife, Cherie Nutting, whom he married in 1989. They parted by the end of the 1990s but she was again began managing his career at his request in late 2006.

Solo Discography

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

References

• Template:Fr 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.
• Harris, Craig. "Bachir Attar". Retrieved Jan. 14, 2007. (Article currently ontains temporary typo on Bachir Attar's band spelling).
• Kinney, Glenn (June 20, 1993). "Bachir Attar: The Next Dream". The New York Times, p. H841.
• 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.

External links

• The artist's official website
• "Bachir Attar": General Info