Live in Taipei 1995

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{{Infobox album

| name = Live in Taipei 1995

| type = live

| artist = Masada

| cover = Live in Taipei 1995.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 1998

| recorded = 1995

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Downtown music
Avant-garde jazz

| length = 146:36

| label = Tzadik TZ 7323

| producer = John Zorn

| chronology = Masada

| prev_title = Live in Jerusalem 1994

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Live in Middelheim 1999

| next_year = 1999

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = John Zorn

| type = Live

| prev_title = The Bribe

| prev_year = 1998

| title = Live in Taipai 1995

| year = 1998

| next_title = Music for Children

| next_year = 1998

}}

}}

Live in Taipei is a double live album by John Zorn's Masada recorded at the Crown Theatre in Taiwan's capital city Taipei.[http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7323-2 Tzadik catalogue] The album is mistakenly dated 1995, while the performance actually took place in 1996.[http://www.bigozine2.com/archive/ARrarities06/ARmastaipei.html John Zorn's Masada Live at the Crown Theater, Taipei, Taiwan, May 24, 1996.][https://masada.world/book-one/live/live-in-taipei-1995 Masada World: Live in Taipei 1995], accessed January 6, 2020

Reception

The Allmusic review by Joclyn Layne awarded the album 3½ stars stating "With so many exceptional recordings available of the Masada quartet, this one may be considered less necessary, but it's still necessary for most fans ".Layne, J. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/masada-live-in-taipei-r415831 Allmusic Review] accessed July 22, 2011

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}

| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1544 }}

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Track listing

  • Disc one
  1. "Gevurah" – 12:38
  2. "Achshaph" – 2:41
  3. "Mahshav" – 7:09
  4. "Shebuah" – 12:06
  5. "Shilhim" – 2:45
  6. "Idalah-Abal" – 8:24
  7. "Mikreh" – 10:45
  8. "Yoreh" – 7:42
  9. "Tekufah" – 9:16
  • Disc two
  1. "Debir" – 9:17
  2. "Sheloshim" – 8:11
  3. "Katzatz" – 2:47
  4. "Hadasha" – 11:21
  5. "Lachish" – 2:25
  6. "Midbar" – 9:08
  7. "Evel" – 5:45
  8. "Hafla-ah" – 6:34
  9. "Racheb" – 7:08
  10. "Ziphim" – 10:20

Personnel

References