John Zorn - Mount Analogue - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

John Zorn - Astronome [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/17/2006

The long awaited first recording by John Zorn's newest and most exciting ensemble, the New Masada Quartet. Performing eight classic compositions from the Masada songbooks, NMQ is a tight unit of like-minded virtuosi and one of the best groups Zorn has ever had. Bristling hot guitar master Julian Lage, bass wizard Jorge Roeder and 30-year Zorn veteran Kenny Wollesen perform with a crackling live energy that brings the Masada music to life like never before! Led by Zorn's versatile sax and stop and start conducting, the music is filled with burning solos, telepathic group interaction, heartfelt lyricism and hypnotic grooves. Beautifully recorded at Bill Laswell's studio in New Jersey this is an absolute masterpiece. Essential!

In 1993 John Zorn began composing and performing his 208 tunes that now comprise what is known as the Masada songbook. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of this, his most popular musical project, John Zorn has organized a series of CD, featuring his most illustrious colleagues performing their own unique arrangements of these classics of modern Jewish music. This first contains three guitarists whose styles are as varies as the compositions they perform. From the singular brilliance of Marc Ribot, the rich sonorities of Bill Frisell, to the Orchestral virtuosity of Tim Sparks, Masada Guitars is a glittering tribute, lovingly executed by three of the most original guitarist in the world.