   the master musicians of joujouka are jbala sufi trance musicians most famous for their connections with the beat generation and the rolling stones founder brian jones. these musicians hail from the village of jajouka or zahjouka near ksar-el-kebir in the ahl srif mountain range of the southern rif mountains in northern morocco. == background == the master musicians of joujouka have a long history being recorded by western artists.sleeve note brian jones presents the pipes of pan at joujouka, rolling stones records, 1971 their first l.p. was produced by arnold stahl and released in the early 1960s. this double l.p. was released by the musical heritage society. it listed the musicians as the "mallimin ahl shrif" or masters of the ahl srif. the name master musicians of joujouka was first used by brion gysin and william s. burroughs in the 1950s, timothy leary and rosemary woodruff leary in the 1960s and 1970s and on the brian jones l.p. released in 1971.timothy leary "the four thousand year old rock'n'roll band, jail notes, london 1972, rosemary woodruff leary, "the master musicians" in ed. paul krassner. psychedelic trips for the mind reprinted 2000, a 1974 release utilised the title master musicians of jajouka. in the 1980s the musicians were sometimes called by the names master musicians of jahjouka, master musicians of jajouka and master musicians of joujouka in both articles and on official documents. == schism == a schism exists between two similarly-named ensembles from the same village. lee ranaldo, following a 1995 visit to morocco, wrote [t]here are currently two groups of musicians claiming to be the 'real' master musicians of jajouka/joujouka (they're even arguing over the spelling). one group, the 'jajouka' faction, is led by bachir attar, whose father was the leader of the gro
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