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John Zorn's Masada   08/19/1993

Knitting Factory, New York, NY
Media cd flac data FM   1 disc
Notes John Zorn's Masada
August 1993
NYC, NY @ Knitting Factory
WKCR FM broadcast > cassette (? generation) > CDR > EAC > FLAC

This is the second of two days of interviews that John Zorn did on WKCR prior to the month long retrospective at the old knit in
September of 1993. Just a week after the first masada gigs, Zorn brought a tape up to WKCR and broadcast a few selections.


John Zorn: alto sax
Marc Ribot: guitar
Kato Hideki: bass
Ben Perowsky: drums


01 interview (3:19)
02 Karnaim* (5:05)
03 Idalah-Abal (5:52)
04 Applause + interview (1:14)
05 Hazakah*(7:52)
06 * (2:15)
07 Sansanah outro + interview (3:51)



* titles indicated by John Zorn. He doesn't seem to be sure about these.
Sansanah is mentioned (in the broadcast as in the stage announcement) but a clearly different tune is played.

Exact date of the show is uncertain.
According to original notes from RandyBayers, the date of the show is August 19, 1993, first set.
However, compared to the audience recording from that date it sounds like a different show.
The broadcast date shall be shortly before september 1st, as the interviewer mentions the 1993 Zornfest as yet to come.
The interviewer (Ted Pankin?) also indicates that the recordings were made one week before on a friday,
so if he's correct the date could be august 20th.
Another clue : According to http://www.marcribot-descentintobaldness.com/Dialogue.html,
on August 20th, 1993 Marc Ribot was playing at the Knitting Factory with Chris Wood, Sebastian Steinberg, Dougie Bowne.
So at least one of the usual suspect was there. A double bill Ribot quartet - Masada is plausible.
But this is pure speculation.


Thanks to RandyBayers for uploading these FLAC files on etree.org.
This was probably seeded on Dime by Punkjazz a long time ago.
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