Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12

Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12
Studio album by Masada Quintet with Joe Lovano
Released June 2009
Recorded February 22, 2009
Genre Avant-garde, Contemporary classical music
Length 62:59
Label Tzadik TZ 7375
Producer John Zorn and Kazunori Sugiyama
Book of Angels chronology
Zaebos: Book of Angels Volume 11
(2008)		 Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12
(2009)		 Mycale: Book of Angels Volume 13
(2010)
John Zorn chronology
Alhambra Love Songs
(2009)		 Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12
(2009)		 O'o
(2009)

Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12 is an album by the Masada Quintet featuring Joe Lovano performing compositions from John Zorn's Masada Book Two.[1] This is the first known recording by the Masada Quintet.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states: "Zorn has become a prolific composer of film scores and string quartets, and he writes for any number of other configurations as one of the most in-demand composers in the world. All of that is born out on Stolas, the single most beautiful album in the Book of Angels series so far — and, one might argue, in the entirety of the Masada catalog".[2] On All About Jazz George Kanzler noted "this is a group with more than a passing resemblance to the classic '50s quintets of Miles Davis, Shorty Rogers, Horace Silver and Clifford Brown/Max Roach. Like those ensembles, the material is approached with a composer/arranger or leader's sensibility, each tune evoking and sustaining a particular mood, one often set by the tempo and rhythm, although seemingly dominated by improvised solos".[3]

Track list

All compositions by John Zorn

  1. "Haamiah" – 4:20
  2. "Rikbiel" – 5:48
  3. "Psisya" – 8:26
  4. "Sartael" – 4:51
  5. "Tashriel" – 4:03
  6. "Rahtiel" – 7:56
  7. "Tagriel" – 13:30
  8. "Serakel" – 5:09
  9. "Rigal" – 8:59

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Tzadik catalogue
  2. 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed 1 September 2009
  3. ↑ Kanzler, G., All About Jazz Review, accessed October 15, 2016.
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