Live in Taipei 1995

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Live in Taipei 1995

Live album by

Masada

Released

October 1998

Recorded

1995

Genre

Downtown music
Avant-garde jazz

Length

146:36

Label

Tzadik TZ 7323

Producer

John Zorn

Masada chronology

Live in Jerusalem 1994
(1999)

Live in Taipei 1995
(1998)

Live in Middelheim 1999
(1999)

John Zorn chronology

The Bribe
(1998)

Live in Taipai 1995
(1998)

Music for Children
(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.^[1] The album is mistakenly dated 1995, while the performance actually took place in 1996.^[2]^[3]

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 ".^[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[5]

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

^ Tzadik catalogue
^ John Zorn's Masada Live at the Crown Theater, Taipei, Taiwan, May 24, 1996.
^ Masada World: Live in Taipei 1995, accessed January 6, 2020
^ ^a ^b Layne, J. Allmusic Review accessed July 22, 2011
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1544. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

v t e Masada
John Zorn Joey Baron Greg Cohen Dave Douglas
Studio albums	Alef Beit Gimel Dalet Hei Vav Zayin Het Tet Yod Sanhedrin 1994–1997
Live albums	Live in Taipei 1995 Live in Jerusalem 1994 Live in Middelheim 1999 Live in Sevilla 2000 Live at Tonic 2001 First Live 1993 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 7
Bar Kokhba	Bar Kokhba The Circle Maker 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11 Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10
Masada String Trio	The Circle Maker 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1 Azazel: Book of Angels Volume 2 Haborym: Book of Angels Volume 16
Electric Masada	50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 At the Mountains of Madness

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