Haim Abitbol. Abitbol. Koutoubiaphone. 1970sThe short of it is is that Haim Abitbol was born in Fez in the 1930s to a musical family. By the 1950s he was collaborating with Salim Halali and others. I picked up this cassette in 2009 in Casablanca and was blown away. Really great chaabi music. Many of Abitbol's albums appeared on the now defunct Koutoubiaphone label. He continues to perform to this day. Abitbol represents part of the long tradition of North African Jews performing unparalleled North African popular music. I digitized this cassette last week and I am providing the first track Toumobile jaya below. I will add the others soon.
5 comments:
Excellent! I'm craving for more. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks a lot .. Much appreciated!!
Thank you!
would love to hear the whole thing
noam
Great stuff! Koutoubiaphone actually still exists - the name was changed to Tichkaphone at some point, and they continue to produce CDs. They run the store in Casablanca called Le Comptoir Marocain de Distribution de Disques, where you can still find a bunch of vinyl!
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