"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
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To-Mera "Exile"
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
The Law of Gravity is nonsense. No such law exists. If I think I float, and you think I float, then it happens.
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John Zorn - saxophone
Marc Ribot - guitar
John Medeski - organ
Kenny Wolleson - drums
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
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"This is a record that has fresh, good and intelligent ideas. It is realization on a high level, a work done by a maestro with great science-fantasy and creativity... Many people have done versions of my pieces, but no one has done them like this" - Ennio Morricone
Definitely one of the strongest releases so far in a series now standing at 20 volumes.
Tap: Book of Angels Vol. 20 - Pat Metheny Plays Masada Book Two
Tzadik/Nonesuch 2013
R of G - I might have missed an earlier introduction to this series - what's the scoop? Looks kind of esoteric, but quite the collection of diverse musicians.
The Masada Songbook is a collection of several hundred compositions written by John Zorn in the early 90s. Part of the conception of the compositions is that they're intended to be interpreted and playable by any relatively small group of musicians. These are not through-composed pieces. There are composed heads and some songs have certain other guidelines about their structures, but the vast majority of them also involve much room for improvisation.
The tunes were originally performed by Zorn's band, also named Masada. This was a sax/trumpet/bass/drums jazz combo. Later he formed Electric Masada and Bar Kokhba, two different larger bands to tackle the tunes from different angles. Other configurations have followed (Masada String Trio, Masada Quintet, etc).
This series (Book of Angels) represents a second songbook of Masada tunes written in 2003. Each album presents a different artist or group tackling selections from the book. With the quality of musicians involved, what stands out most is how each approaches improvisation.
I wanted to return to this question when I had some time to gather up some examples.
Thanks for the interest TJ.
Masada
(FYI, Zorn is the sax player)
Electric Masada
Masada String Trio
Bar Kokhba Sextet
The Dreamers
Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot (solo)
Bill Frisell
Tim Sparks
Rashanim
Masada Quintet feat. Joe Lovano
Jamie Saft Trio
Trey Spruance/Secret Chiefs 3
Pat Metheny
Erik Friedlander
Sylvie Courvosier & Mark Feldman
Medeski, Martin & Wood