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Master Musicians of Jajouka

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Biography

The Master Musicians of Jajouka, a collective of Jbala Sufi trance musicians from the village of Jajouka in northern Morocco, were first documented by Western journalists in the early 1950s. Led by Bachir Attar, whose father had led the group in the late 1960s, the collective represents a centuries-old music tradition. In the early 1990s, the group split into two factions: The Master Musicians of Joujouka and The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar. Notable albums by Attar's group include Apocalypse Across the Sky (1992), produced by Bill Laswell, and Jajouka Between the Mountains (1996). The group has collaborated with various artists on the album The Road to Jajouka (2014), and their music has been featured in film soundtracks such as Ornette: Made in America (1985) and The Sheltering Sky (1990).
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