Masada Rock
Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 5: Masada Rock | ||||
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Released | July 26, 2005 | |||
Recorded | April 4–6, 2005 | |||
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Length | 47:54 | |||
Label | Tzadik | |||
Producer | John Zorn | |||
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Rashanim chronology | ||||
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Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 5: Masada Rock is the fifth and final album in a series of five releases celebrating the 10th anniversary of John Zorn's Masada songbook project.[1][2] It features 10 Masada songs performed by Jon Madof's Rashanim trio with Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz on bass and on drums in addition to Madof's guitar with guest appearances from Marc Ribot on two tracks. It was released in 2005 on Zorn's Tzadik Records as part of the Radical Series.
Reception[]
Allmusic music critic Sean Westergaard wrote "The tunes range stylistically from some sort of ethnic surf music to punk jazz to beautiful acoustic pieces... A wide ranging program to be sure, but very well done."[3] On All About Jazz Kurt Gottschalk observed "Madof is a valuable new gun-for-hire in town and he proves himself here to be both a delicate and a hard-rocking player. If at times his blister is a little over the top (as on "Chorek and "Zemanim ), the mad swerves between head-solo-head and head-headbang-head are not so far removed from Zorn's cut-and-paste projects of the '80s."[4]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
Track listing[]
- "Bahir" – 4:10
- "Makom" – 5:21
- "Zidon" – 4:39
- "Shadrakh" – 4:57
- "Chorek" – 4:58
- "Anakim" – 5:15
- "Zemanim" – 3:45
- "Ahavah" – 3:26
- "Arad" – 3:02
- "Terumah" – 8:27
- All compositions by John Zorn.
Personnel[]
- Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz – electric bass, oud
- Jon Madof – guitar
- – drums, percussion
- Marc Ribot – guitar on tracks 1 and 4
References[]
- ^ Tzadik catalogue
- ^ Masada World: Masada Rock, accessed January 6, 2020
- ^ Jump up to: a b Westergaard, Sean. "Masada Rock > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Gottschalk, K., All About Jazz Review, November 24, 2005
- 2005 albums
- Tzadik Records albums
- Masada Anniversary albums
- Albums produced by John Zorn
- Jon Madof albums