masada

Шо скажете про цорновскую масаду? в общем даю на английском дальше ибо переводить запарюсь.MASSADAJohn Zorn's jazz band In the summer of 1993, John Zorn was writing the soundtrack for a low-budget move called Thieves Quartet. Zorn: The movie was created in the mold of a modern film noir, and it seemed a perfect opportunity to put a band together for a jazz score in the tradition of Miles Davis' soundtrack Escalator to the Scaffold. Little did I realize that this band was to go on to become one of the most exciting musical groupings I've ever had the privilege of being associated with: Masada.He called in Joey Baron (drums), Greg Cohen (bass), and Dave Douglas (trumpet). Zorn joined them on saxophone. They had an instant chemistry, so he gave them a name and started composing songs for a series of albums.The songs comprise The Masada Book, a collection of over 200 songs that can be played straight, re-interpretted, or re-arranged. The new arrangements feature a wide range of instruments, including clarinet, guitar, piano, violin, and cello.Zorn [in April 1994]: I am working on some pieces having to do with Jewish culture, and Masada continues what was begun in Kristallnacht. On Kristallnacht a different use was made of Jewish tradition and it had precise references to contemporary music. In Masada I'm using another set of references.The band recorded ten albums, from February 1994 to September 1997. A series of live albums followed, starting with Taipei 1995, released in October 1998.Masada lifted Zorn's reputation a little higher. Before Masada, he could have been accused of being a fringe player and a gimmicky composer — the guy who conducts chaotic "game pieces," or the guy who abuses his saxophone instead of actually playing it.After Masada, it was obvious that he could play, compose, and lead a band just like a traditional jazz musician. He contributed to the development of jazz, as well, by combining ethnic music with small ensemble improvisation.By the late 1990s, Masada was regarded as one of the most important jazz bands of the decade.Zorn: The idea with Masada is to produce a sort of radical Jewish music, a new Jewish music which is not the traditional one in a different arrangement, but music for the Jews of today. The idea is to put Ornette Coleman and the Jewish scales together.In 2003, Zorn celebrated the tenth anniversary of the band with a series of new albums, including Masada Guitars, Voices in the Wilderness, and The Unknown Masada.в анноун массаде появляются оч интересные человечки_____________________________________________________ The Unknown Masadarecorded January to May 2003released July 2003ONE DISC: twelve tracks, 59 minutes Some of John Zorn's 200+ Masada songs were never recorded by the band. To get them on a CD, he could have made an eleventh studio album. Instead, he created another "new arrangement" album. This time, you can't compare the new arrangements to the originals because there are no originals.But you can imagine the originals if you listen closely. Unlike the previous new arrangement albums, which featured jazz musicians playing in creative but polite ways, The Unknown Masada is dominated by hard rock bands, fast tempos, and one or two guitar solos. It sounds like Mr. Bungle's contribution to the Radical Jewish Culture series. And that's a good thing.On track #4, Shofetim, Yoshida Tutsuya plays all the instruments. Yoshida Tutsuya is one of the two guys in Ruins, a great Japanese prog-rock band. Ruins plays in the style of Primus, with an emphasis on complex time changes and virtuoso bass riffs. Shofetim is fast and fun, combining three or four different musical styles at once.Track #10, Zemaraim, is played by Fantomas, the heavy metal supergroup. Two members are from Mr. Bungle (Mike Patton and Trevor Dunn), one from the Melvins (Buzz Osbourne), and one from Slayer (Dave Lombardo). The band takes a relatively simple melody and hammers away at it with abandon. At the end, they do their impression of Black Sabbath, playing the melody slow and loud, then cranking up the speed for the finale (just like Iron Man and Sweet Leaf). So if you've never heard a speed metal band do their impression of Black Sabbath playing klezmer, now you can.Not all of the songs are fast and loud. Zorn plays with Dave Douglas on the third track, Vehuel. It's a busy, classy song. You can hear Zorn and Douglas having fun playing off of each other, just like they do on the "normal" Masada albums. Wadada Leo Smith and Ikue Mori get the same effect on Demai, near the end of the album. Demai is slow and spare, with quite a few experimental flourishes along the way. The musicians play together and against each other in interesting ways. The song is a gentle compliment to the harder stuff on the rest of the CD.