Jamil Bashir
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Jamil Bashir (Bachir); born in Mosul, Iraq, 1921; d. London, September 24, 1977) was born to an Assyrian Syriac family and is the brother of Munir Bashir. His father started to teach him the Oud when he was around six years old, as his father was a priest in Mosul and an Oud player and maker. The Iraqi Music Institute was opened in 1936, under administration of Hanna Pet...ros (1896–1958), then in 1937 Sherif Muheddin Haydar and other professors joined the faculty of the Institute; Jamil Bashir was enrolled to learn Oud with Sherif Muheddin Haydar and Violin with Sando Albu. He finished his oud study in 1943 and his violin study in 1946, and then worked at the Institute as an oud and violin teacher. He also wrote a two-volume oud method.
Jamil Bachir was also a good singer, but he did not continue singing as he preferred the oud. He died in London on 24 September 1977.
Their first family recording studio was Ashtarphone and later was renamed Bashirphone which was owned by Jamil, It became the first studio to release the earliest Assyrian records in Iraq. Most of the music on those Assyrian records was played and Arranged by Jamil himself, on some of them he played the Oud and on others Violin. He released records for singers such as Oshana Youel Mirza, Albert Ruel Tamras and Edwar Yousip (Biba) and many others. In doing so he helped to spread Assyrian songs and music all over Iraq, Syria, Iran & the world of Assyrian Diaspora.
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Jamil Bashir (Bachir); born in Mosul, Iraq, 1921; d. London, September 24, 1977) was born to an Assyrian Syriac family and is the brother of Munir Bashir. His father started to teach him the Oud when he was around six years old, as his father was a priest in Mosul and an Oud player and maker. The Iraqi Music Institute was opened in 1936, under administration of Hanna Pet...ros (1896–1958), then in 1937 Sherif Muheddin Haydar and other professors joined the faculty of the Institute; Jamil Bashir was enrolled to learn Oud with Sherif Muheddin Haydar and Violin with Sando Albu. He finished his oud study in 1943 and his violin study in 1946, and then worked at the Institute as an oud and violin teacher. He also wrote a two-volume oud method.
Jamil Bachir was also a good singer, but he did not continue singing as he preferred the oud. He died in London on 24 September 1977.
Their first family recording studio was Ashtarphone and later was renamed Bashirphone which was owned by Jamil, It became the first studio to release the earliest Assyrian records in Iraq. Most of the music on those Assyrian records was played and Arranged by Jamil himself, on some of them he played the Oud and on others Violin. He released records for singers such as Oshana Youel Mirza, Albert Ruel Tamras and Edwar Yousip (Biba) and many others. In doing so he helped to spread Assyrian songs and music all over Iraq, Syria, Iran & the world of Assyrian Diaspora.
Jamil Bachir was also a good singer, but he did not continue singing as he preferred the oud. He died in London on 24 September 1977.
Their first family recording studio was Ashtarphone and later was renamed Bashirphone which was owned by Jamil, It became the first studio to release the earliest Assyrian records in Iraq. Most of the music on those Assyrian records was played and Arranged by Jamil himself, on some of them he played the Oud and on others Violin. He released records for singers such as Oshana Youel Mirza, Albert Ruel Tamras and Edwar Yousip (Biba) and many others. In doing so he helped to spread Assyrian songs and music all over Iraq, Syria, Iran & the world of Assyrian Diaspora.
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