Hailing from a small ancient village in the foothills of Morocco’s Rif Mountains, the Master Musicians of Jajouka have performed their enthralling, trance-inducing music for thousands of years. Described by Mick Jagger as “one of the most musically inspiring groups in the world,” the Jajoukas were originally discovered by William Burroughs and Paul Bowles in the 1950s, and introduced to the Western world by the late Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, who recorded their otherworldly sounds on a pilgrimage to Jajouka in 1968. Their album Brian Jones Presents The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka earned the group a fervent cult following and collaborations with numerous musicians, including Ornette Coleman, Peter Gabriel, and most recently Talvin Singh and Bill Laswell. Newsweek described their music as “an evocation of sustained ecstasy … chaotic, cacophonous, sometimes at war with itself” and “utterly intoxicating.” Led by Bachir Attar, whose family has passed down the group’s traditions from father to son for generations, this all-male ensemble features 15 rhaita (imagine the oboe) players and five drummers.
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