'Masada Songbook': Zorn Redefines Jewish Music Ten years after he began building his Masada Songbook, composer and saxophonist John Zorn has forever changed the definition of Jewish music.

Furthermore, prior to a curious 1992 Naked City track on the Radio LP, he'd never really hinted at any relationship with Jewish music or heritage. Masada was his mature statement in jazz, and his ...

John Zorn’s Masada is one of the tightest, wittiest, most energetic, most appealing — simply one of the best — jazz bands to emerge in the past 15 years. ... The music turned magical, ...

Masada: 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 7 album review by John Kelman, published on September 22, 2004. ... Such is the case with alto saxophonist/composer John Zorn's Jewish music-meets-freedom ...

You could come close to identifying the music on this incredibly lively and vibrant, ... Electric Masada is a hulking beast of an octet, adept and pliable with firepower and grace. And where Volume 4 ...

Day Zero Masada: Dwellers of the Dead Sea was a singular feat. Of permitting. Of organization. Of music. Of ambition. By Katie Bain In terms of both distance traveled and energy exerted, it was a ...

In 1993, John Zorn began composing music based on Jewish themes for a new group, Masada Quartet. Now, 25 years and 613 tunes later, Zorn is closing the book — literally and figuratively — on ...

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