Jajouka and Ganawa
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Album:Master Musicians Of Jajouka Featuring Bachir Attar
Lately Ive been listening to the Master musicians of Jajouka w/ Bachir Attar and Ganawa music almost exclusively. My listening habits get deeply intrenched in the music that moves me most for that time of my life. I just tend to submerge myself in a type of music for years. (that often includes music I'm producing) Any who know me know this well. I have vacilated between Ganawa and Qawwali for the last twenty years. Give me some time and I will list my favorites here on MOG. It's not that big of a list. Unfortunately Jajouka and Ganawa tends to be pretty rare. I am fortunate to have known Bachir Attar well for years, we've performed together, played together and recorded together around the world. He told me once that his family (The Master Musicians of Jojouka) had over 600 songs and that only maybe 30 were recorded! The music of Jajouka is really an exceptional and rare example of some of the oldest music in the world. When ethnomusicologists want to understand what mesapotanian music sounded like six thousand years ago they study Jajouka. So my hopes are to hear more of this great music recorded for prosperity. So what is all this music based on? Both Jajouka and Ganawa are some of the oldest Sufi music as well as oldest pre-Mohameddan examples. They both were ancient pagan music forms that were converted to Islam where they then began adopting their melodies and rhythms to devotional chants for Allah. So this is really a fascinating history here in Jajouka and Ganawa. More on that later. L
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