CYRO BAPTISTA — Banquet Of The Spirits ‎: Caym (Book Of Angels Volume 17) (review)

CYRO BAPTISTA — Banquet Of The Spirits ‎: Caym (Book Of Angels Volume 17) album cover Album · 2011 · World Fusion Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
snobb
Brazilian percussionist-led NY Downtown-based quartet plays John Zorn composed,produced (and released on his Tzadik Records) compositions.

Music is based on Eastern European Jewish folk (klezmer) or it's modern free-jazz flavored version,for years promoted by John Zorn as Masada's Book.Possibly, most interesting moment of all album's music is how organically klezmer roots are melted in Brazil percussion rhythms and how attractive can sound such exotic mix of acoustic Middle East instruments as oud,Latin percussion and jazzy piano/pump organ.

Not revolutionary album, it has many pleasant and beautiful moments on it. World music's legacy with doze of jazz and scent of NY downtown.
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snobb wrote:
more than 2 years ago
All Book Of Angels is based on John Zorn's Masada's compositions,so initially all them are mix of klezmer and downtown free jazz. Cyro Baptista,even if seriously influenced by NY AG jazz,in his music usually has strong Brazilian roots plus lot of world fusion elements, so on "Caym" all these elements are presented.
idlero wrote:
more than 2 years ago
IMO music here is more Middle Eastern and North African than klezmer
Nice and eclectic collection of instruments, sounds and rhytms

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