Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12 | ||||
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Studio album by
Masada Quintet with
Joe Lovano | ||||
Released | June 2009 | |||
Recorded | 22 February 2009 | |||
Genre | Avant-garde, contemporary classical music | |||
Length | 62:59 | |||
Label | Tzadik TZ 7375 | |||
Producer | John Zorn and Kazunori Sugiyama | |||
Book of Angels chronology | ||||
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John Zorn chronology | ||||
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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] [2] This is the first known recording by the Masada Quintet.
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
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". [3] 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". [4]
All compositions by John Zorn.