''Live in Sevilla 2000'' is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

Masada Masada ( he, מְצָדָה ', "fortress") is an ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dea ...

recorded in

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

, Spain.Tzadik catalogue
/ref>Masada World: Live in Sevilla 2000
accessed January 6, 2020

Reception

The

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...

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, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

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''
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, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jaz ...

– saxophone * Dave Douglas – 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, includi ...

– bass *

Joey Baron Bernard Joseph Baron (born June 26, 1955 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American avant-garde jazz drummer who plays frequently with Bill Frisell and John Zorn. Music career Baron was born on June 26, 1955, in Richmond Virginia. When he was nine, ...

– drums

References

{{Authority control 2000 live albums Albums produced by John Zorn Masada (band) albums John Zorn live albums Tzadik Records live albums