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The Master Musicians of Jajouka ***CANCELLED***
Bachir Attar & the Master Musicians of Jajouka
Unknown to the Western world for most of their 4000-year history, the Master Musicians of Jajouka were "discovered" in the '50s by beat novelist William Burroughs and Paul Bowles, who recorded the band for the Library of Congress. Proclaimed "one of the most musically inspiring groups in the world" by Mick Jagger, the all-male group--comprised of sons of sons of musicians--perform a hypnotic style of music featuring 15 rhaita (a double-reed, oboe-like instrument) players and five drummers. Members of the group adopt the surname "Attar," which translates as "the perfume maker." The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones was introduced to the group by painter, writer, and metaphysician Brion Gysin. The album he produced for them a month before his drowning death in 1969, "Brian Jones Presents: The Master Musicians of Jajouka" introduced their unique sound to much of the Western world. The band has subsequently recorded several unforgettable albums on their own and has been featured on albums by Ornette Coleman, the Rolling Stones, Randy Weston, Maceo Parker, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant. An album released by the group in 1992, Apocalypse Across the Sky, was produced by Bill Laswell. Their first tour of the United States in 1997 included a reenactment of the week-long lunar feast of Aid El Kabir. In 1999, the group was visited by Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo. By the end of the '90s, the electronica world embraced the group as well; Talvin Singh produced their 2000 album The Master Musicians of Jajouka Featuring Bachir Attar. The band continues to reside in Jajouka, a small village in the foothills of the Rif Mountains of northern Morocco.
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Location(Le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012
United States
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