Joujouka Black Eyes is a CD by Moroccan

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musicians

Master Musicians of Joujouka The Master Musicians of Joujouka are a collective of Jbala Sufi trance musicians, serving as a modern representation of a centuries-old music tradition. The collective was first documented by Western journalists in the early 1950s, and was bro ...

. It was released in May 1995 on

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. It was produced by

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and includes the song "Brian Jones Joujouka very Stoned" written by Joujouka born painter

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.Clandermond, Andrew, MacCarthy Terence, ''Hamri the painter of Moroco '', (Tangier, 2004), p. 1 Sleevenotes Joujouka Black Eyes This song commemorates the third visit of

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founder Brian Jones to

Jajouka Jajouka, Jahejouka or Zahjoukah (In Tifinagh: ⵣⴰⵀⵊⵓⴽⴰ) (جوجوكة or جهجوكة) is a village in the Ahl-Srif mountains in the southern end of the Rif Mountains, Morocco. The mountains are named after the Ahl-Srif tribe who po ...

. On this visit Jones recorded ''

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''. The group on this CD includes veteran Joujouka musician Mujehid Mujdoubi (1893-1997).

Musician credits

* Ahmed El Attar drum and vocal * Mohamed El Attar lira and rhiata and vocals * Mustapha El Attar drum * Ahmed Bouhsini rhiata lira * Abdelslam Boukhzar drum vocal * Abdelslam Errtoubi rhiata and lira * Mujehid Mujdoubi lira * Muinier Mujdoubi drum * Muckthar Jagdhal drum and vocal * Mohamed Mokhchan rhiata and lira * Abdelslam Dahnoun drum, rhiata, lira * El Hadj clapping and vocal * Si Ahmed violin

Catalogue number

SR87

References

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External links

Master Musicians of Joujouka Website and Ethical Store

An interview with Frank Rynne talking about more than 15 years working with, managing and recording The Master Musicians of Joujouka. The Lazarus Corporation (UK, Nov. 2007)
Master Musicians of Joujouka albums 1995 live albums