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March 25, 2024

IN MEMORIAM: Hadj Mohamed el Attar
(1940 - 2024)

Today we mourn the loss of “El Hadj” who was the elder son of Djinuin Hadj Abdesalam el Attar who was the leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka. Although Bachir was chosen by his father to succeed him as leader of The Masters, El Hadj Mohamed el Attar  was a Master Musician who  travelled with Bachir on the earlier tours in the 1990s before he had to retire due to old age. In this photograph he plays in Munich, Germany on the same day as the fraud in Ireland regarding "The Here to G0" Show where Bachir and his group were falsely advertised along with the Bill Laswell record. Instead the real group played with Ornette Coleman in Germany at Arts Project "92. Here he is playing with Bachir Attar and Ornette. He will be dearly missed by his brothers and the Master Musicians of Jajouka.

Photo copyright Cherie Nutting 1992.

January 24, 2023

Moroccan artistic personalities awarded by the Kennedy Center

“For his part, the director of the group “The Master Musicians Jajouka”, Bachir Attar, who performed on the stage of the John F. Kennedy Center in 2009, expressed his gratitude to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for this distinction which celebrates the Moroccan musical heritage, welcoming the commitment of King Mohammed VI to the preservation of this heritage.” Read more (en français) at the link below from H24 Info…
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January 24, 2023

Artists recognized by the Kennedy Center

Moroccan artistic personalities received, Monday evening in Marrakech, the honors of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in recognition of their efforts and their contributions to the arts on a global scale. During the “Arts Gold Medals” award ceremony, gold medals were awarded to the President of the National Museums Foundation (FNM), Mehdi Qotbi, to the director of the group “The Master Musicians of Jajouka”, Bachir Attar and to the founder and director of the International Fair of Contemporary African Art 1-54, Touria El Glaoui. The president of the Fadila El Gadi Foundation for the arts of embroidery and sewing, Fadila El Gadi, as well as the seven members of the Hoba Hoba Spirit group were also honored.
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January 19, 2023

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces the 2023 Recipients of the Gold Medal in the Arts

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces the
2023 Recipients of the Gold Medal in the Arts
…Bachir Attar…Medals to be awarded at a ceremony at the Royal Mansour in Marrakech, Morocco by the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts
The Kennedy Center

June 24, 2022

Record release: Jajouka between the mountains on real world records

Released on June 24th is Jajouka Between the Mountains by The Master Musicians Of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar. This three track record is available on vinyl, CD and digital formats. It’s of a captured live in performance at Real World after their first European tour going back to the 1990s, it’s music which is a record of our past —an inspiration for our future— and whose time is now. Check more out about the record at
Real World Records.

March 29, 2022

New digital album on Bandcamp, DANCING UNDER THE MOON BY MASTER Musicians of Jajouka LED BY BACHIR ATTAR

Preorder the digital Album, CD or both from Glitter Beat Records on Bandcamp. Beautifully recorded in situ in the Rif mountains in the autumn of 2019. The album is produced by long time band leader Bachir Attar, and with all but one of the tracks exceeding 10-minutes in length, it is clear that these recordings authoritatively grasp the textured essence of this timeless ensemble.

September 6, 2020

New digital album on Bandcamp, JAJOUKA BARAKA: A Benefit Album for the Master Musicians of Jajouka FEATURING BACHIR ATTAR

Courtesy of Arrington de Dionyso, a new Master Musicians of Jajouka featuring Bachir Attar album is available, “All funds raised from donations to this project will be sent directly for the benefit of the Master Musicians of Jajouka, so that, in’shallah, the Pipes of Pan might continue to blow.” Click the photo to check it out.

November 18, 2020

DVD RELEASE: Jajouka, Something good comes to you a film by ERIC & MARC HURTADO

From the musicians Eric and Marc Hurtado a.k.a. Étant Donnes, comes a film about The Master Musicians led by Bachir Attar. This documentary film was first released in 2012 but is now available as a double DVD via La Huit €20. You can watch the trailer and you can click the photo or go here…
http://www.lahuit.com/en/node/331