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Rashanim: The Gathering

Read "The Gathering" reviewed by Warren Allen


Jon Madof was studying jazz and rock guitar when he first heard John Zorn and Masada, playing what Zorn eventually termed “radical Jewish music." Masada's sound, imbued with the fire of rock and the dynamic improvisation of jazz--and combined with the powerful roots of Hebraic modes and Middle Eastern rhythms--became an inspiration to make something new out of tradition. It led Madof to a similar expansion of Jewish religious and cultural music beyond the world of scratchy Klezmer and cantorial ...

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Rashanim: Shalosh

Read "Shalosh" reviewed by Troy Collins


Shalosh is the third release by guitarist Jon Madof's power trio Rashanim. One of the leading lights of the Radical Jewish Culture movement, Madof works with his electrifying trio to update traditional Yiddish and Hassidic melodies with the infectious rhythms of surf music and the throttling, riff-driven frenzy of indie rock.

Not all impetuous energy and testosterone, the trio explores a range of emotions with maturity and restraint, providing sonic space even in the densest passages. Resonating with ...

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Rashanim: Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 5: Masada Rock

Read "Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 5: Masada Rock" reviewed by Renato Wardle


John Zorn's groundbreaking Masada outfits have been successfully expanding their own unique realm of klezmer-infused jazz and improvisational music for more than ten years. To celebrate, Zorn's own Tzadik label has released five tenth anniversary CDs featuring an array of musical cohorts performing their own arrangements of selections from his Masada songbook. Masada Rock documents Rashanim, perhaps the most explosive group of the new Jewish Renaissance, exploring ten unknown songs from the original Masada songbook. Running the gamut from surfer-tinged ...

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Waaw Band & Rashanim at Knitting Factory Old Office, Wednesday 30th June

Waaw Band & Rashanim at Knitting Factory Old Office, Wednesday 30th June

Source: All About Jazz

Knitting Factory Old Office

presents

Waaw Band & Rashanim

Wednesday 30th June

Wednesday, June 30th African Jazz Group the Waaw Band and rocking, improvising Jewish power trio Rashanim will perform at The Knitting Factory in the Old Office. The Knitting Factory is located at 74 Leonard Street and the Old Office is in the basement of the club. Tickets will be $7.

Waaw Band's original approach to African Jazz is now being heard throughout the New York music scene exciting ...

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