Masada Guitars

John Zorn, Bill Frisell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 21, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tzadik
• ASIN: B00007GZNU
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,567 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #73 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > Avant-Garde

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!!!!!, March 22, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Masada Guitars (Audio CD)

Three great guitar players: Marc Ribot, Tim Sparks and Bill Frisell come together on one album to create beautiful guitar renditions of Masada songs. I've played this album for numerous people since I bought it and all who have heard it say it sounds "peaceful", "beautiful" or "relaxing", all of which I agree with. The song "Ravayah", played by Tim Sparks is one of the best guitar songs I've ever had the pleasure of hearing. Even though this disc is very pleasing to the ears, I would suggest that you start off with other Masada releases before you start here, that way you get a good feel of the band and their killer klezmer/jazz songs. Oh and if you get the chance to see them live....DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sparks, Frisell, and Ribot play Jewish jazz on solo guitar, June 5, 2003

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SPM "scott_maykrantz" (Eugene, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Masada Guitars (Audio CD)

This is one of those rare Zorn albums that satisfies everyone. It's melodic and calm enough to please the squares who listen to music that makes them feel *good.* It's also exotic enough to justify putting this in the avant-garde category. If you're the typical Zorn fan, there's just enough weirdness here to make this a must-have for your collection.

And it's a must for fans of jazz guitar. These three guys play beautifully, adding creative flourishes without losing the basic structure of each song.

Buy this one and you'll listen to it over and over. It might get a little boring after the fifth or sixth time, but you'll keep returning to it as the years go by.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do Another One, March 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Masada Guitars (Audio CD)

Each individual piece as played by the guitarist's are small masterpieces. I don't know how much direction he gave his players but a photograph seems to put him in a elevated trancendental state of mind. I would like to see a second offering that would include Eugene Chadbourne, Nels Cline, Derek Bailey, Henry Kaiser and Marc Ducret along with the current line up. Anyway, this is deffinately a good CD to add to a jazz collection.