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Zion80
''Zion80'' is the debut album by guitarist Jon Madof's Zion80 which was released in 2013 on John Zorn's Tzadik Records as part the Radical Jewish Culture series. The album combines music written by Shlomo Carlebach performed in the Afrobeat style of Fela Kuti. Background Madof has said "The initial idea for Zion80 came to me rather spontaneously in 2011 after I had been listening for several hours to Fela Kuti’s music. I was getting ready to take my kids to shul (synagogue) on Shabbat morning and started humming a song by Shlomo Carlebach. The drum patterns of Fela’s music were still in my head from the day before, and the light bulb went off!" After assembling a group of musicians based on Kuti's Afrika '70 ensemble, Madof developed the material through open rehearsals and performances at The Stone every Monday night during a three-month residency that began in August 2012 before recording the album. Reception PopMatters' writer Sean Murphy stated "The disc is a triple-thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshie Fruchter
Yoshie Fruchter (born February 1, 1982)Matthue Roth“Jazz Is the New Klezmer: An Interview with Yoshie Fruchter,”'' Jewcy'', January 27, 2009. is an American experimental jazz guitarist, bassist, oud player and composer. Early life and education Fruchter was born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, in an Orthodox Jewish household,Mordechai Shinefield“The Secret History of Jewish Metal,”''The Forward'', March 18, 2011. singing and playing Jewish music in his youth.Christopher R. Weingarten“Yes In My Backyard,”''Village Voice'', September 22, 2009. His father is a musician, and his sister Temim is the former drummer of the indie punk band The Shondes. He studied jazz in the music department at the University of Maryland, and moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 2005. Music career Pitom Fruchter's debut solo album as composer and guitarist, ''Pitom'', was released in 2008.Jim Fusilli“They Don’t All Sound Familiar,”''Wall Street Journal'', December 26, 2008. The ''Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Madof
Jon Madof (born May 28, 1974) is an American guitarist, composer, and leader of the bands Rashanim and Zion80, who has performed extensively with other artists including John Zorn, Matisyahu, Marc Ribot, and Frank London. PopMatters' Sean Murphy said "All of his projects thus far have explored traditional Jewish sounds with a skillful blend of surf music, thrash, jazz and calmer acoustic. Each successive effort has seen Madof stretching and pushing himself farther, in as well as out, utilizing exotic instruments with feeling always at the forefront".Murphy, S.Beware Soaring Yarmulkes! Jon Madof and Zion80 Are Making World Music for a New World PopMatters, January 20, 2014 Discography As leader With Rashanim *''Rashanim'' (Tzadik, 2003) *'' Masada Rock'' (Tzadik, 2005) - composed by John Zorn *''Shalosh'' (Tzadik, 2006) *'' The Gathering'' (Tzadik, 2009) With Zion80 *'' Zion80'' (Tzadik, 2012) *'' Adramelech: Book of Angels Volume 22'' (Tzadik, 2014) - composed by John Zorn * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyro Baptista
Cyro Baptista (born December 23, 1950) is a Brazilian percussionist in jazz and world music. He creates many of the percussion instruments he plays. Career Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Baptista arrived in the U.S. in 1980 with a scholarship to Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, New York. During the 1980s, he worked on films with John Zorn and appeared on Zorn's albums in the 1990s. Also in the '90s, he appeared on albums by Marisa Monte, Holly Cole, and Cassandra Wilson. In 1997 he released his first solo album, ''Vira Loucos'', with cover versions of music by Heitor Villa-Lobos. The album was recorded with Marc Ribot and Nana Vasconcelos and released by Avant, a label owned by Zorn. He was a member of Zorn's band Dreamers. He recorded with pianist Herbie Hancock on his album ''Possibilities''. He recorded and performed worldwide with Hancock's Grammy award-winning ''Gershwin's World''. He toured with Yo-Yo Ma's Brazil Project and appeared on the '' Obrigado Brazil'', whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Lurie
Jessica Lurie is an American composer, performance artist and woodwind player,Hudson, J.J. (29 January 2004)Jazz musician to bring one of her three avant-garde groups to Chico ''Chico Enterprise-Record'' originally hailing from Seattle and now living in Brooklyn, New York.(15 May 2009)SXSW artist interview: Jessica Lurie ''mynorthwest.com'' Lurie first gained notice as a member of The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet, an all-female horn ensemble who released its first album in 1993.Gottschalk, Kurt (5 September 2009)Jessica Lurie: Shop of Wild Dreams & Laws of Motion allaboutjazz.com, Retrieved June 15, 2011 In 1995, she also had a first release with the group Living Daylights, which performs jazz-jamband music.Blumenthal, Bob (13 April 2001)LIVING DAYLIGHTS RELUCTANTLY EMBRACES `JAM BAND' LABEL ''Boston Globe''(19 September 2002) ''Cincinnati CityBeat'' She has also performed as the leader of the Jessica Lurie Ensemble since 2002.Heckman, Don (8 April 2002)Lurie Plays Up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Darriau
Matt Darriau (born in Bloomington, Indiana), is a Balkan, klezmer, Celtic and jazz musician. His most notable work is with Balkan rhythm quartet Paradox Trio, The Klezmatics, and Orange Then Blue. Other musical projects include Ballin' the Jack, Yo Lateef, Disastro Totale (with Yuri Lemeshev), Whirligig, Celtic Eclectic, CCXMD (with Cinema Cinema), and Shabbes Elevator. Darriau grew up listening to Balkan, Israeli, and other styles of world music. He moved to Boston to study at the New England Conservatory of Music in the third stream program. He now resides in New York City. Discography * 1995 ''Matt Darriau's Paradox Trio'' (Knitting Factory) * 1997 ''Flying at a Slant'' (Knitting Factory) * 2009 ''Liquid Clarinets'' (Felmay) * 2010 ''Matt Darriau Paradox Trio With Bojan Z.'' (Felmay) With The Klezmatics * 1995 '' Jews with Horns'' (Flying Fish) * 1997 ''Possessed'' ( Xenophile) * 1998 ''The Well'' with Chava Alberstein (Xenophile) * 2002 ''Rise Up! Shteyt Oyf!'' (Rounder) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank London
Frank London (born 1958 in New York) is an American klezmer trumpeter who also plays jazz and world music. Early life London was born to a Reform Jewish family and grew up in New York and Connecticut. He started playing the trumpet in fourth grade. Career London received a B.A. in Afro-American music from the New England Conservatory in 1980. He is on the music faculty of the State University of New York at Purchase. He is a member of The Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave, and leads Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars. He was a co-founder of Les Misérables Brass Band and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. He served as conductor and music director for David Byrne and Robert Wilson's ''The Knee Plays'' and has collaborated with the Palestinian American violinist Simon Shaheen. He has worked with Chava Alberstein, Lester Bowie, John Cale, Gal Costa, Ben Folds Five, Avraham Fried, Allen Ginsberg, Anne LeBaron, LL Cool J, Luna, Maurice El Mediouni, Natalie Merchant, David Mur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (born 1975 in Brooklyn, NY) is an American bassist and oud player who has recorded and performed extensively with Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits, Daniel Zamir's Satlah, Rashanim, and Pharaoh's Daughter, and John Zorn. Blumenkranz studied at the Manhattan School of Music, the Rimon School of Music in Israel, and holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance from Berklee College of Music in Boston. In 2012 he released the first album under his leadership '' Abraxas: Book of Angels Volume 19'' featuring compositions by John Zorn. accessed January 29, 2014 Discography As leader *''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gathering (Rashamin Album)
''The Gathering'' is the fourth album by guitarist Jon Madof's Rashanim trio featuring Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz and Mathias Kunzli which was released in 2009 on John Zorn's Tzadik Records as part of the Radical Jewish Culture Series. accessed January 21, 2015 Reception reviewer Warren Allen said "The band has crafted an album full of beautifully deployed sounds, particularly on a series of brief musical vignettes that feature delicate little melodies teased out on eclectic instruments such as glockenspiel and melodica. It makes for an eclectic listening experience that should appeal to any lover of creative music and melody". |
Aram Bajakian
Aram Bajakian (born 1977) is an American guitarist of Armenian descent who has recorded and toured with John Zorn, Lou Reed, Diana Krall, and with Madeleine Peyroux in 2018.Perlmutter, AAram Bajakian: Navigating New Territory ''Premier Guitar, August 2014, accessed June 11, 2018'' Career Bajakian received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he studied under Yusef Lateef, a master's degree in Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a Master of Music degree in Music Composition from the University of British Columbia, where he studied electronic music under Keith Hamel. Marc Ribot introduced Bajakian to John Zorn, who released Bajakian's first album on Tzadik Records. '' |
2013 Albums ...
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2013. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, or disbanded, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2013 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{Albums by release date Albums 2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stone (music Space)
The Stone is a not-for-profit experimental music performance space located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood in New York City. It was founded in April 2005 by John Zorn, who serves as the artistic director. It was named for the late Irving Stone, an "inveterate concertgoer" in the New York City music community. Location In February 2018, Zorn relocated The Stone to The Glass Box Theatre, at 55 W. 13th St., a venue on the ground floor of Arnhold Hall at The New School university. Until February 2018, The Stone was situated on the northwest corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street, in a building which used to be the Golden Dragon Chinese restaurant. The only signage visible was the wording The Stone in small gold lettering painted on the door which was visible after the metal security gate was rolled up a few hours before each performance. Admission and administration Unlike most musical venues in the area, The Stone does not serve food or drinks. Dancing is also not permitted, as T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PopMatters
''PopMatters'' is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture. ''PopMatters'' publishes reviews, interviews, and essays on cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater, visual arts, travel, and the Internet. History ''PopMatters'' was founded by Sarah Zupko, who had previously established the cultural studies academic resource site PopCultures. ''PopMatters'' launched in late 1999 as a sister site providing original essays, reviews and criticism of various media products. Over time, the site went from a weekly publication schedule to a five-day-a-week magazine format, expanding into regular reviews, features, and columns. In the fall of 2005, monthly readership exceeded one million. From 2006 onward, ''PopMatters'' produced several syndicated newspaper columns for McClatchy-Tribune News Service. By 2009 there were four different pop culture relate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
