Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12
Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12 | ||||
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Studio album by Masada Quintet with Joe Lovano | ||||
Released | June 2009 | |||
Recorded | 22 February 2009 | |||
Genre | Avant-garde, contemporary classical music | |||
Length | 62:59 | |||
Label | Tzadik TZ 7375 | |||
Producer | John Zorn and Kazunori Sugiyama | |||
Book of Angels chronology | ||||
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John Zorn chronology | ||||
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Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12 is an album by the Masada Quintet featuring Joe Lovano performing compositions from John Zorn's Masada Book Two.[1] [2] This is the first known recording by the Masada Quintet.
Reception
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The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states: "Zorn has become a prolific composer of film scores and string quartets, and he writes for any number of other configurations as one of the most in-demand composers in the world. All of that is born out on Stolas, the single most beautiful album in the Book of Angels series so far – and, one might argue, in the entirety of the Masada catalog".[3] On All About Jazz George Kanzler noted "this is a group with more than a passing resemblance to the classic '50s quintets of Miles Davis, Shorty Rogers, Horace Silver and Clifford Brown/Max Roach. Like those ensembles, the material is approached with a composer/arranger or leader's sensibility, each tune evoking and sustaining a particular mood, one often set by the tempo and rhythm, although seemingly dominated by improvised solos".[4]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by John Zorn.
- "Haamiah" – 4:20
- "Rikbiel" – 5:48
- "Psisya" – 8:26
- "Sartael" – 4:51
- "Tashriel" – 4:03
- "Rahtiel" – 7:56
- "Tagriel" – 13:30
- "Serakel" – 5:09
- "Rigal" – 8:59
- Recorded at Avatar Studios in New York City on 22 February 2009
Personnel
[edit]- Dave Douglas – trumpet
- Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
- Uri Caine – piano
- Greg Cohen – bass
- Joey Baron - drums
- John Zorn – alto saxophone (on track 6)
References
[edit]- ^ Tzadik catalogue
- ^ Masada World - Stolas: The Book of Angels, Volume 12 accessed 25 January 2021
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed 1 September 2009
- ^ Kanzler, G., All About Jazz Review, accessed 15 October 2016.