Home » Articoli » Album Review » The Master Musicians of Jajouka: The Source

The Master Musicians of Jajouka: The Source

AAJ Italy Staff By AAJ Italy Staff

View read count
I Master Musicians of Jajouka piombano nella vita musicale dell'occidente alla fine degli anni Sessanta, quando la loro tradizione musicale trova - da William Burroughs a Ornette Coleman, passando per Brian Jones (che ne fece la fortuna discografica pure se era già morto) - un varco felicissimo nei cuori e nelle orecchie voraci di un pubblico che apprezza molto esotismo e trance.

Da allora, i musicisti di questa piccola comunità montana marocchina, luogo dove rifugiarsi e dove trovare nuove energie, hanno continuato a portare avanti la lunga tradizione sotto la guida di Bachir Attar, diventando delle vere e proprie pop-star dell'ipno-etno-world e questo nuovo The Source conferma appieno l'efficacia della formula, con le sue percussioni ossessive e i petulanti oboi ghaita, i flauti e i guimbri.

Inutile cercare di ricomporre purezze e imbastardimenti: passati sotto lo sguardo di Bertolucci e per gli stampi di Peter Gabriel, i maestri comunque non si scompongono e continuano come incantatori fermi nel tempo a fare danzare gli spiriti.

Ed è difficile resistergli!


AAJ Italy Staff FOLLOW AAJ Italy Staff and get notified whenever a new article published.
Designated author for the AAJ Italy archive.

Track Listing

01. Habibi Tsitini; 02. Talaha l'brado Alaina; 03. Hanging out in Jajouka; 04. Night Dance Under the Moon; 05. Habibi Analik Wuntalia; 06. Hadra of Sidi Ahmed Sheik; 07. Dancing in Your Body and Head; 08. Dance in the Cave of Boujeloud.

Personnel

Album information

Title: The Source | Year Released: 2010


About The Source

Tags


PREVIOUS / NEXT




Become a Sustaining Member

Get the Jazz Near You newsletter

Since 1995, All About Jazz has championed jazz as an art form and supported the musicians who create it. Over three decades, it has grown into one of the world's leading jazz resources, serving hundreds of thousands of readers, musicians, presenters and industry professionals each month.

Help Build the Future of All About Jazz

Your support helps us continue building All About Jazz for the next generation—expanding our editorial coverage, preserving jazz history, developing new community features and creating better ways to discover the music and the people behind it.

Become a sustaining member for as little as $20 per year and you'll immediately enjoy an ad-free experience along with access to subscriber features and future articles for a full year.

Together, we're not simply sustaining All About Jazz—we're building its future. Thank you for being part of the journey.

More

Metakosmos
Tania Giannoul and Nik Bärtsch
Kappa Ondo
Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo

Popular

Minwi
Nite Bjuti
Keeping It In Context
Daniel Carter / Sabir Mateen / William Parker / Lou Grassi

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletters highlight our top stories, top album reviews, website news, free songs, radio & podcast shows, news, and upcoming jazz events near you.