Alastor: Book of Angels Volume 21
| Alastor: Book of Angels Volume 21 | ||||
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| Released | April 29, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
| Studio | Avast, Seattle and Eastside Sound, NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz, klezmer, contemporary classical music | |||
| Length | 44:46 | |||
| Label | Tzadik TZ 8316 | |||
| Producer | Eyvind Kang and Randall Dunn | |||
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Alastor: Book of Angels Volume 21 is an album by violist and multi-instrumentalist Eyvind Kang which was released in 2014 on John Zorn's Tzadik Records as part of Zorn's Book of Angels Series.[1] [2]
Reception
[edit]Alarm reviewer Scott Morrow stated "Though Kang generally skews towards classical, chamber, and ambient, his take on Zorn’s hand-picked selections is a surprising and gorgeous collision of styles."[3]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by John Zorn.
- "Hakem" - 5:37
- "Samchia" - 3:49
- "Hakha" - 3:18
- "Jetrel" - 5:32
- "Variel" - 4:12
- "Loquel" - 3:15
- "Rachiel" - 3:49
- "Barael" - 3:22
- "Sakriel" - 7:08
- "Uriron" - 4:42
Personnel
[edit]- Eyvind Kang - electric bass, guitars, janggu, kacapi, kamancheh, Korg synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, oud, percussion, piano, setar, sitar, viola, violin, voice
- Skerik - tenor saxophone
- Hans Teuber - clarinets, flutes, tenor saxophone
- Cuong Vu - trumpet
- Emma Ashbrook - bassoon
- Josiah Boothby - French horn
- Taina Karr - English horn, oboe
- Randall Dunn - Moog synthesizer, voice
- Hidayat Honari - tar
- Maria Scherer Wilson, William Smith - cello
- Soyeon Park - geomungo
- JungAh Song - gayageum
- Shahzad Ismaily, Moriah Neils, Jacob Yackshaw - bass
- Dave Abramson - drums, percussion
- Tor Dietrichson - bongos, congas, clave, guiro, tabla, triangle
- Hyeonhee Park - janggu, kkwaenggwari
- Maya Dunietz, Jessika Kenney - voice
References
[edit]- ^ Tzadik Records catalog, accessed January 21, 2015
- ^ Masada World - Alastor: The Book of Angels, Volume 21 accessed 25 January 2021
- ^ Morrow, S., Alarm Review Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, April 29, 2014
