was born in Mosul, Iraq in 1921

 and is the brother of Munir Bashir. His father,

 who was a singer, oud player and oud maker,

 started to teach him the oud when he was

 around six years old. When the Iraqi Music

 Institute opened in 1936, Jamil enrolled to learn

 oud with Sherif Muheddin Haydar and violin

 with Sando Alio. He finished his oud study in

 1943 and his violin study in 1946, graduating

 with honours degrees in both instruments, and

 then worked at the Institute as an oud and violin

 teacher. At the same time he became the head

 of the Baghdad Radio Orchestra and then the

Baghdad Radio Music Department. He also

 wrote a two-volume oud method. Jamil Bashir

was also a good singer, but he did not continue

singing as he preferred the oud. He died in

 London on 24th September 1977

ألبوم الصور