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songbook project.Masada World: Masada Rock
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trio with

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on bass and Mathias Kunzli on drums in addition to Madof's guitar with guest appearances from

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on two tracks. It was released in 2005 on Zorn's

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as part of the Radical

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Series.

Reception

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music critic Sean Westergaard wrote "The tunes range stylistically from some sort of ethnic surf music to punk jazz to beautiful acoustic pieces... A wide ranging program to be sure, but very well done." On

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Kurt Gottschalk observed "Madof is a valuable new gun-for-hire in town and he proves himself here to be both a delicate and a hard-rocking player. If at times his blister is a little over the top (as on "Chorek and "Zemanim ), the mad swerves between head-solo-head and head-headbang-head are not so far removed from Zorn's cut-and-paste projects of the '80s."Gottschalk, K.
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November 24, 2005

Track listing

# "Bahir" – 4:10 # "Makom" – 5:21 # "Zidon" – 4:39 # "Shadrakh" – 4:57 # "Chorek" – 4:58 # "Anakim" – 5:15 # "Zemanim" – 3:45 # "Ahavah" – 3:26 # "Arad" – 3:02 # "Terumah" – 8:27 :''All compositions by John Zorn.''

Personnel

– electric bass, oud *

– guitar * Matthias Künzli – drums, percussion *

– guitar on tracks 1 and 4

References

{{Authority control 2005 albums Tzadik Records albums Masada Anniversary albums Albums produced by John Zorn Jon Madof albums