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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.
External links
- Official site for the Master Musicians of Jajouka featuring Bachir Attar
- Bachir Attar and the Master Musicians of Jajouka official MySpace page
- Lion-Auriga Music Publishing Master Musicians of Jajouka and Bachir Attar artist page