Orobas: Book of Angels Volume 4 is an album by Koby Israelite performing compositions from John Zorn's second Masada book, "The Book of Angels".[1] [2]
| Orobas: Book of Angels Volume 4 | ||||
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| Released | March 21, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | November–December, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde, contemporary classical music, jazz, klezmer | |||
| Length | 48:18 | |||
| Label | Tzadik | |||
| Producer | John Zorn | |||
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Reception
editThe Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Orobas: Book of Angels, Vol. 4 is another essential Four-for-four and counting. This is the most exhilarating set of recordings Tzadik has offered in quite some time. For those who haven't yet checkout Israelite, this is a fantastic opportunity".[3]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| All About Jazz | (favorable) [4] |
Track listing
edit- All compositions by John Zorn.
- "Rampel" - 6:31
- "Zafiel" - 4:40
- "Ezgadi" - 5:16
- "Nisroc" - 4:56
- "Negef" - 5:54
- "Khabiel" - 6:28
- "Chayo" - 6:27
- "Rachmiel" - 8:08
- Recorded in London, UK in November–December 2005
Personnel
edit- Koby Israelite – drums, percussion, accordion, keyboards, guitar, bouzouki, Indian banjo, vocals, flute, electric bass, cajón, arrangements
- Sid Gauld – trumpet
- Yaron Stavi – basses, vocals
- Stewart Curtis – recorder, piccolo, clarinet
References
edit- ^ "Welcome to Tzadik". Tzadik.com. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
- ^ Masada World - Orobas: The Book of Angels, Volume 4, accessed January 25, 2021]
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 1, 2011.
- ^ "Jazz - AllAboutJazz.com". AllAboutJazz.com. Retrieved 2010-05-31.