Music of Morocco: Recorded by Paul Bowles, 1959, by Various Artists

Music of Morocco: Recorded by Paul Bowles, 1959

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Jared Covington This is so gorgeous and hypnotic. Track 25 is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard.

Desert Dancer This is a great collection of obscure and valuable Moroccan tribal music.
Recorded by the one and only Paul Bowles, a literary giant.

Favorite track (one of them), Mouwal and Izlan (Ain Diab).

John Cratchley Paul Bowles recorded so much music whose source has now been irrevocably lost; sub-cultures dissolved and fragmented...forcibly moved on...we owe him such a great debt.
As do we Dust To Digital for another release of unparalleled detail and thoroughness...
I listen transfixed.

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From July to December 1959, Paul Bowles crisscrossed Morocco making recordings of traditional music under the auspices of the Library of Congress. Although the trip occupied less than six months in a long and busy career, it was the culmination of Bowles’s longstanding interest in North African music. The resulting collection remained a musical touchstone for the rest of his life and an important part of his mythology.

More than four hours of newly-remastered audio plus extensive liner notes by scholar Philip Schuyler. Field notes by Paul Bowles and Introduction by Lee Ranaldo. Download includes 120-page PDF book.

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	1.	Maallem Ahmed and ensemble - Ahmeilou (Tafraout) 03:56
	2.	Rais Ahmed ben Bakrim - El Baz Ouichen Song for Male Voice (Tiznit) 08:12
	3.	Moqaddem Mohammed ben Salem and ensemble - Third Sqel (Zagora) 08:32
	4.	Moqaddem Mohammed ben Salem and ensemble - Second Aqlal (Zagora) 07:55
	5.	Chikh Ayyad ou Haddou and ensemble - Ouakha dial Kheir Women’s Chorus (Tahala) 02:39
	6.	Chikh Ayyad ou Haddou and ensemble - Aili ya Mali Mixed Chorus (Tahala) 09:47
	7.	Maallem Ahmed and ensemble - Aouache Men’s Chorus (Tafraout) 07:27
	8.	Rais Mahamad ben Mohammed and ensemble - Aouada Trio (Tamanar) 10:02
	9.	Rais Mahamad ben Mohammed and ensemble - Chorus and Dance (Tamanar) 13:59
	10.	Chikh Hamed bel Hadj Hamadi ben Allal and ensemble - Reh dial Beni Bouhiya Qsbah Solo (Segangan) 04:57
	11.	Various - Sounds of General Rejoicing (Ait Ourir) 01:41
	12.	Maallem Ahmed Gacha and ensemble - Albazaoua Women’s Chorus (Ait Ourir) 06:26
	13.	Chikha Fatoma bent Kaddour - Mouwal and Izlan (Ain Diab) 10:48
	14.	Cheikha Haddouj bent Fatma Rohou and ensemble - Qim Rhori (Khenifra) 13:47
	15.	Mohammed bel Hassan and ensemble - Qsida dial Malik (Ait Mohammed) 11:52
	16.	El Ferqa dial Guedra (Bechara) - Ounalou Biha Rajao Male Solo with Women’s Chorus (Goulimine) 10:58
	17.	Maalem Abdeslam Sarsi el Mahet - Aiyowa d’Moulay Abdeslam Rhaita Solo (Arcila) 01:05
	18.	Sadiq ben Mohammed Laghzaoui Morsan and ensemble - Rhaitas and Tbola (Einzoren) 12:36
	19.	Embarek ben Mohammed - Mellaliya Song for Male Voice (Marrakech) 03:45
	20.	Maalem Mohammed Rhiata and ensemble, from the region of Taounate - Taqtoqa Jabaliya (Fez) 12:19
	21.	An unidentified ensemble - Gnaoua Chorus (Essaouira) 12:19
	22.	Si Mohammed Bel Hassan Soudani - Gnaoui Solo Song (Marrakech) 02:56
	23.	Si Mohammed Bel Hassan Soudani - Fulani Iresa (Marrakech) 04:45
	24.	Maallem Taieb ben Mbarek and chikhats - Hadouk Khail (Marrakech) 12:35
	25.	Hazan Isaac Ouanounou and members of the Hevrat Gezekel - Ya Souki hakim Secular Sephardic Song (Meknes) 07:31
	26.	Hazan Semtob Knafo and Amram Castiel. Hevrat David Hamelekh - Chalom Lakha Chébii “Peace on the Seventh Day” (Essaouira) 08:50
	27.	Maalem el Hocein and ensemble - Qsida Midh (Meknes) 09:52
	28.	Abdelkrim Rais and ensemble - El hgaz el Mcharqi Andaluz Chorus (Fez) 27:25
	29.	Members of the Family of the Chorfa of Ouezzane - Andaluz Music of Ouezzane (Ouezzane) 20:11
	30.	Early Morning Calls to Prayer - El Fjer (Tangier) 01:36

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