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Roberto Juan Rodriguez/Septeto Rodriguez: Baila! Gitano Baila!
by John Kelman
The pervasiveness of the Jewish music tradition is a remarkable thing, something that has only become known to a larger public in recent years through John Zorn's tireless efforts to expand the boundaries of the music and show its truly international flavour. With his own Masada projects, Tzadik label, and Radical Jewish Culture imprint, he has ...
Shirim Klezmer Orchestra and Maurice Sendak: Pincus and the Pig: A Klezmer Tale
by John Kelman
It had to happen. Saxophonist/composer/bandleader/producer John Zorn, that vanguard of the avant garde, has finally produced a family record under his Tzadik Radical Jewish Culture imprint. Pincus and the Pig: A Klezmer Tale features the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra and narrator/author Maurice Sendak, best known for his children's book Where the Wild Things Are , performing a ...
Roberto Juan Rodriguez: Baila! Gitano Baila!
by David French
The title of drummer/composer Roberto Juan Rodriguez's second CD on John Zorn's Tzadik label means “Dance! Gypsy Dance!", an invocation that conjures the swirling, mysterious and exuberant music that Septeto Rodriguez dishes up. As on his first CD, Rodriguez creates a new jazz that blends the rhythms of Cuba with the minor-key flavor of traditional Jewish ...
Steven Bernstein: Diaspora Hollywood
by Dan McClenaghan
Trumpeter/composer Steven Bernstein's Diaspora Hollywood brings a Jewish tinge into a bluesy American jazz feeling; this mournful after-hours set brings some past sounds to mind while simultaneously pushing the vision forward.The ensemble features an unusual front line of the leader's trumpet with Pablo Calocero's baritone saxophone, bass clarinet and flutes, along with D.J. Bonebrake's ...
Masada: 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 7
by John Kelman
Sometimes not playing together on an ongoing basis can be a good thing. While there is no question that there are clear advantages to working regularly, distance can also yield unexpected benefits. Most jazz musicians who make any kind of living at their craft work in a variety of contexts, so there is always a certain ...
Paul Brody's Sadawi: Beyond Babylon
by John Kelman
Following his '02 début on Tzadik, Kabbalah Dreams , Berlin-based trumpeter Paul Brody reconvenes his group Sadawi for a sophomore effort that takes the tradition of Jewish music and quite literally twists it on its ear. Over half of Beyond Babylon evolves from Brody deconstructing pieces by four modern klezmer musicians/composers--Frank London ("Golem Khosidl"), ...
Basya Schechter: Queen's Dominion
by John Kelman
Basya Schechter, normally heard as the voice of New Jewish Movement group Pharoah's Daughter, makes a bit of a departure and delivers Queen's Dominion , a more-or-less stripped down instrumental affair that blends music from across the Middle East with, not so surprisingly, a sound that also demonstrates how the music of Persia ultimately travelled north ...
John Zorn: Masada 10 Years Volume Four: Masada Recital
by John Kelman
It's hard to imagine that ten years have passed since John Zorn introduced his Masada project. A decade later, with a collective songbook of over two hundred pieces and a range of contexts that include the original Ornette Coleman-inflected Masada Quartet, the chamber-approach of Bar Kokhba and Masada String Trio, and the wilder, more aggressive stance ...
Wadada Leo Smith: Kabell Years 1971-1979
by Rex Butters
John Zorn's Tzadik label continues to honor the genius of Wadada Leo Smith, this time with a crucial collection of material he recorded and released himself on his Kabell label in the seventies. This four-CD box set gathers Creative Music 1, Reflectativity, Song of Humanity, and Ahkreanvention, plus over two hours of unreleased material. ...
Greg Wall: Later Prophets
by Dan McClenaghan
What do you recommend for that always-searching jazz fan who has heard everything? Maybe a CD by Hasidic New Wave (how's that for a category?) saxophonist/clarinetist/composer Greg Wall.The story of Ezekiel inspired Wall's latest offering, Later Prophets : Ezekiel ..."whose prophecy resurrecting dry bones after the destruction of the temple contains a great message ...
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