Rashanim - Masada Rock
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Artist: RashanimEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2005-07-26
Music Label: Tzadik
Soundtracks:
- Bahir
- Makom
- Zidon
- Shadrakh
- Chorek
- Anakim
- Zemanim
- Ahavah
- Arad
- Terumah
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Free Music Review: The album title says it all ...
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Once the enfant terrible of new music, with his jump cut compositions and post-modern all inclusive sensibility, composer John Zorn has dedicated himself to the construction of the Masada song-book, a series of tunes that he hopes will eventually become Jazz standards. Based on traditional Yiddish scales and rhythms, Zorn's investigation of his own Jewish heritage has proven to be his most popular undertaking.
His initial forays into this song-book over a decade ago were documented by his own original Masada Quartet and later by chamber music ensembles, including his Masada String Trio. These infectious, tuneful pieces have now been handed over to a new generation to explore.
Rashanim is guitarist Jon Madof's power trio dedicated to exploring such Hassidic themed music and here delivers ten never before recorded Masada tunes for the first time. The trio proves worthy interpreters of such material with a winning combination of virtuosity and youthful abandon. Working its way from the atmospheric and sublime to the blisteringly intense, "Masada Rock" embodies all the best qualities of Zorn's songwriting potential.
Featuring guest soloist Marc Ribot on two cuts, "Masada Rock" never lacks in punch, but more surprising, is Madof's ability to find the subtleties and delicate nuance of Zorn's quieter pieces. The reverb laden surf inflection of the opening cut, "Bahir" is reminiscent of Zorn's own exotic tinged project "The Gift," while the album closer, "Terumah" features acoustic guitar arpeggios backed by the distinctive boing-boing of the Jew's harp, a sound found frequently on Ennio Morricone's Spaghetti Western soundtracks, one of Zorn's own favorite genres. In complete contrast is the thundering "Zemanim" and punkish "Arad" with their bone crushing power chords and stinging lead work. Overflowing with potential, "Masada Rock" is a brilliant reminder of John Zorn's compositional acumen and an indicator of even greater things to come from Jon Madof.
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