''Fight Against Babylon'' is an album by keyboardist

Jamie Saft Jamie Saft is an American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist and composer. He was born in New York City and raised a Conservative Judaism, Conservative Jew, and studied at Tufts University and the New England Conservatory, New England Conserva ...

's New Zion Trio which was released on the Veal label in 2011.Veal Records website
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Reception

In his review for

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, Sean Murphy notes that "What Saft manages to do on ''Fight Against Babylon'' is create an organic ambiance and, without any in-the-studio sorcery or clever manipulation (strategies he has already showcased on the aforementioned efforts), establish a deep, utterly pleasant groove".Murphy. S.
PopMatters Review
December 14, 2011 On

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, Eyal Hareuveni, said "producer and multi-instrumentalist Jamie Saft's New Zion Trio debut recording succeeds in blowing fresh winds in the traditional piano trio with dub aesthetics, citing

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and Alice Coltrane as influences".Hareuveni, E.
All About Jazz Review
September 18, 2011

Track listing

''All compositions by Jamie Saft'' # "Slow Down Furry Dub" - 6:59 # "Niceness" - 5:44 # "The Red Dies" - 7:15 # "Gates" - 4:59 # "Hear I Jah" - 9:36 # "I Shense" - 5:22 # "Lost Dub" - 8:45 # "Fire Blaze" - 9:44

Personnel

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

organ Organ and organs may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function * Organ system, a collection of organs that function together to carry out specific functions within the body. Musical instruments ...

Larry Grenadier Larry Grenadier (born February 6, 1966, in San Francisco) is an American jazz double bassist. Early life Grenadier's father was a trumpet player in World War II army bands and later in Europe but stopped playing professionally before his chi ...

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

References

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