''Live in Sevilla 2000'' is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th centur ...

Masada Masada ( ', 'fortress'; ) is a mountain-top fortress complex in the Judaean Desert, overlooking the western shore of the Dead Sea in southeastern Israel. The fort, built in the first century BCE, was constructed atop a natural plateau rising ov ...

recorded in

Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...

, Spain.Masada World: Live in Sevilla 2000
''Masada.world'', accessed January 6, 2020

Reception

The

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review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 5 stars stating "This might also be the best recorded of the live

releases, making it a real jewel in an already glittering discography. ''Live in Sevilla'' proves that Masada is one of the most exciting

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

ensembles in the world, bar none".Westergaard, S
AllMusic Review
accessed July 26, 2011

Track listing

:''All compositions by John Zorn'' # "Ne’eman" – 13:00 # "Katzatz" – 5:09 # "Hadasha" – 11:11 # "Beeroth" – 7:30 # "Shamor" – 10:09 - ''misidentified as "Yoreh" on album sleeve'' Masada World: Live in Sevilla 2000
''Masada.world'', accessed January 6, 2020 # "Hazor" – 6:47 # "Nashon" – 10:11 # "Lakom" – 5:24 # "Bith Aneth" – 9:35 :*Recorded live at Teatro Central, Seville (Spain) on March 18, 2000

Personnel

;Masada *

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conducting, conductor, saxophonist, arrangement, arranger and record producer, producer who "deliberately resists category". His Avant-garde music, avant-garde and experimental music, ex ...

– saxophone *

Dave Douglas David or Dave Douglas may refer to: Entertainment * David Douglas (director) (born 1953), Canadian cinematographer, director and writer * Dave Douglas (trumpeter) (born 1963), American jazz trumpeter * Dave Douglas (drummer) (born 1979), American ...

– trumpet *

Greg Cohen Greg Cohen (born July 13, 1953) is an American jazz bassist who has been a member of John Zorn's Masada quartet and worked with numerous other noted musicians for over four decades. Career Cohen plays traditional jazz and other styles, includin ...

– bass *

Joey Baron Bernard Joseph Baron (born June 26, 1955 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American drummer best-known for working in avant-garde jazz with Bill Frisell and John Zorn. Music career Baron, who is of Jewish heritage, was born on June 26, 1955, in Ric ...

– drums

References

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