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Amazon.com's Best of 1998
Zorn's work with Masada is prolific if nothing else: 10 CDs of Ornette Coleman-inspired klezmer tunes that evoke the Old World and swing. These two discs highlight those compositions in a whole new setting, music for chamber groups. One disc has a string trio, the other adds percussion and Marc Ribot on guitar to create a sextet. Great playing by New York City jazz heavyweights and compositions that sound like they belong on a spaghetti Western soundtrack combine to make this one of 1998's best jazz discs. --Jason Verlinde
Influenced by both Ornette Coleman's classic quartet and klezmer, John Zorn has
Amazon.com's Best of 1998
Zorn's work with Masada is prolific if nothing else: 10 CDs of Ornette Coleman-inspired klezmer tunes that evoke the Old World and swing. These two discs highlight those compositions in a whole new setting, music for chamber groups. One disc has a string trio, the other adds percussion and Marc Ribot on guitar to create a sextet. Great playing by New York City jazz heavyweights and compositions that sound like they belong on a spaghetti Western soundtrack combine to make this one of 1998's best jazz discs. --Jason Verlinde
Influenced by both Ornette Coleman's classic quartet and klezmer, John Zorn has produced some of his best (and most consistent) work with his project Masada (Dave Douglas, Joey Baron, Greg Cohen). The compositions--all 10 CDs worth--have all been lush, gorgeous, and swinging. On The Circle Maker, Zorn successfully puts these tunes in the hand of chamber music ensembles over the course of two CDs (he did the same thing with 1996's Bar Kokbha, but that set never strayed far from the jazz idiom). Circle Maker's first disc, Issachar, features the solid trio of Mark Feldman (violin), Erik Friedlander (cello), and Greg Cohen (bass). But the real gem is the second CD, Zevulum, where those three are joined by Marc Ribot (guitar), Cyro Baptista (percussion), and Joey Baron (drums). It's an intense, moody, magic carpet ride that flies above and beyond the boundaries of world, classical, and jazz. --Jason Verlinde
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Manufacturer: Tzadik
Release date: 17 March 1998
EAN: 0702397712220 UPC: 702397712220
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