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 }}
}}
Track listing
- Disc one
- "Gevurah" – 12:38
- "Achshaph" – 2:41
- "Mahshav" – 7:09
- "Shebuah" – 12:06
- "Shilhim" – 2:45
- "Idalah-Abal" – 8:24
- "Mikreh" – 10:45
- "Yoreh" – 7:42
- "Tekufah" – 9:16
- Disc two
- "Debir" – 9:17
- "Sheloshim" – 8:11
- "Katzatz" – 2:47
- "Hadasha" – 11:21
- "Lachish" – 2:25
- "Midbar" – 9:08
- "Evel" – 5:45
- "Hafla-ah" – 6:34
- "Racheb" – 7:08
- "Ziphim" – 10:20
Personnel
- John Zorn – saxophone
- Dave Douglas – trumpet
- Greg Cohen – bass
- Joey Baron – drums
References
{{Reflist}}{{Masada}}
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Category:Albums produced by John Zorn