CHRONOLOGY
This page aims
at tracking each Masada or Masada related concerts
up to now.
I know it's quite an enormous task, but the results depend on you,
fans or promoters visiting this page.
So, please, just fill in this quick form with the Masada dates you've been to or heard of.
1993
recording Filmworks III (proto-Masada quartet) line-up ? Knitting Factory, NYC, USA First Masada gig ever ?(33 min from FM-Tape w/ funny interview of Ribot, Perowski, Hideki) first Masada gigs Zorn, Kato Hideki & Marc Ribot Knitting Factory, NYC, USA (were these Masada tunes ?) Electric Masada unknown venue ? Thieves Quartet Knitting Factory, NYC (70 min on analog-DAT) Masada Quartet Knitting Factory, NYC Zornfest Masada w/ Mark Feldman, David Krakauer Knitting Factory, NYC Masada Quartet Homberg Hall, Norman, Oklahoma, USA all acoustic (113 min on vid-aud) Masada Quartet Homberg Hall, Norman, Oklahoma
1994
Masada Quartet Knitting Factory, NYC JZ, GC, DD & Kenny Wollesen NYC (place ?) Masada San Francisco, USA (45 min from tape) Masada Quartet Café Mocador, NYC (55 min ) Masada Quartet RPM, NYC, USA recording Masada 1 "Alef", Masada 2 "Beit", Masada 3 "Gimel" and Masada 4 "Dalet" Electric Masada : Zorn, Medeski, Ribot & Billy Martin Padova, Italy (100 min from tape)
Masada Athens, Greece line-up ? Electric Masada: Zorn, Medeski, Ribot, Martin Madrid, Spain Masada: Zorn, Ribot, Wood, Wollesen CBGB's, NYC Masada Jerusalem festival West Coast Masada : Ben Goldberg (cl), John Zorn (s), Dougie Bowne (d) & Trevor Dunn (b) Stadtgarten, Köln (Cologne), Germany (56 min from FM - 110 min from tape) Masada Quartet Power Station, NYC recording Gimel (also Abidan outtake on compilation CD Zattere alla deriva Masada Quartet Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Warsaw, Poland (60 min from TV video PAL, 85 min from FM) Masada: Zorn, Ribot, Wood?, Wollesen CBGB's, NYC :Masada: Zorn, Ribot, Wood, Wollesen CBGB's, NYC Masada with Trevor Dunn & Kenny Wollesen Saalfelden (85 min from SB Tape) recording "Barkokhba" (pt1/3)
Masada Stork Club Oakland, Oakland (150 min from tape) Electric Masada (Medeski, Martin, Lurie, Cohen) CBS's 313 Gallery (CBGB), NYC, USA (90 min from tape) Electric Masada (Medeski, Martin, Lurie, Ribot)CBS's 313 Gallery (CBGB), NYC, USA (90 min from tape) No Lurie ! Electric Masada (line-up ???) CBS's 313 Gallery, NYC, USA (90 min from NTSC video) Electric Masada CB's 313 Gallery, NYC Masada Quartet Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Masada w/ Bill Frisell and Anthony Coleman Backstage, Seattle (120 min ) Zorn, Douglas, Cohen & Kenny Wollesen Tampere Jazz Happening, Finland http://www.tampere.fi/festival/music/jazz.htm Masada NDR Radio, Germany Zorn, Douglas, Cohen & Wollesen Haus der Jugend, Mainz, Germany unplugged Zorn, Douglas, Cohen & Wollesen Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany Zorn, Douglas, Cohen & Wollesen Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany featured on "Live in NYC" Masada w/ Trevor Dunn Uni-Mensa / Foyer in Tübingen, Germany (100 min from tape) Masada Hamburg (90 min from TV-video pal)
1995
John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Kenny Wollesen & Trevor Dunn Radio Valencia, San Francisco, CA, USA Masada Quartet Jewish Museum, NYC Masada Quartet Jerusalem, Israel Masada Quartet Festival Musique Actuelle, Victoriaville, Canada (75 min ) Masada Quartet Jazz Festival Kongsberg, Norway Masada Quartet Town Hall, NYC, USA
Power Station, NYC, USA recording Masada 5 "Hei" and Masada 6 "Vav" Masada Quartet C.R.R. Konser Salonu Istanbul Turkey Masada Quartet Groningen, The Netherlands Masada Quartet Skopje Jazz Festival, Macedonia Masada Quartet Sala Estándar, Barcelona, Spain (120 min from Video Pal) Masada Quartet Knitting Factory, NYC, USA recording "Barkokhba" (pt2/3)
Masada Quartet Knitting Factory, NYC Masada Quartet Knitting Factory, NYC (90 min from tape) Masada Quartet Knitting Factory, NYC, USA (75 min on tape) Masada Quartet Knitting Factory, NYC, USA (90 min on tape) Masada Quartet Knitting Factory, NYC, USA (90 min on tape)
1996
Bar Kokhba Köln, Germany New England Conservatory, Boston Zwei Tage des Zorn : two day of music with composer John Zorn, selection from Masada repertoire recording "Barkokhba" (pt3/3) Masada : Zorn, Cohen, Douglas, Mike Sarin (d) Knitting Factory, NYC (65-75 min ) Masada String Trio Knitting Factory, NYC Recorded for possible release on Tzadik Masada : Zorn, Cohen, Douglas, Mike Sarin (d) Knitting Factory, NYC (65 min ) Masada : Zorn, Cohen, Douglas, Susie Ibarra (d) Knitting Factory, NYC (45 min incomplete )
Masada Zorn, Cohen, Douglas, Susie Ibarra (d) + Bill Frisell (2nd set) & Anthony Coleman Knitting Factory, NYC, USA (60 min from DAT) Masada : Zorn, Cohen, Douglas, Susie Ibarra (d) Knitting Factory, NYC, USA Masada String Trio Knitting Factory, NYC, USA recorded for possible release on Tzadik Power Station, NYC, USA recording Masada 7 "Zayin" Masada Knitting Factory, NYC, USA Masada Crown Theater, Taipei (110 min from tape)
Masada Crown Theater, Taipai (120 min from tape) Masada Crown Theater, Taipai (120 min from tape) Masada Crown Theater, Taipai (105 min from tape) Masada Pittsburgh, USA Masada Cafe Meander, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (130 min from tape) Masada Luchtbal, Deurne, Belgium Avatar, NYC, USA recording Masada 8 "Het
Masada Jazz e musica sarda, Piazza del Nuraghe Sant'Anna Arresi, Italy Bar Kokhba Knitting Factory, NYC (160 min ) Bar Kokhba Knitting Factory, NYC (140 min ) Bar Kokhba Tivoli Concertzaal Utrecht Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands Bar Kokhba w/ Zorn on Alto Sax Hamburg, Germany (100 min from FM to DAT) Bar Kokhba Teatro Toniolo Mestre, Italy Bar Kokhba Steinach (55 min from FM to DAT)
Bar Kokhba Elisabethbühne, Salzburg / (Hamburg ???) (90 min on Video Pal) Bar Kokhba Stadtgarten, Köln (Cologne) (110 min on tape, 30 min on FM DAT) Bar Kokhba Tivoli, Utrecht (90 min on FM Tape) Bar Kokhba Stadtgarten, Köln, Germany Masada String Trio Vooruit, Gent, Belgium Bar Kokhba Bochum (95 min on DAT Tape) Bar Kokhba Hot Brass, La Villette, Paris, France Masada International House Philadelphia Masada Seattle Masada Rion Ballroom - Univ of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Masada Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Masada Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boston, MA, USA (amazing show in an intimate venue, masada's first boston show) Masada Colombus, Ohio Masada Maritime Hall, San Francisco, USA Masada Showbox, Seattle, USA Masada Fox Theater, Boulder, CO, USA Masada Flynn Theater, Burlington, Vermont, USA (80 min from tape) Masada String Trio Knitting Factory, NYC (35 min ) Masada Knitting Factory, NYC
1997
Masada Ancienne Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium Masada Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria acoustic Masada Teatro Civico La Spezia, Italy Masada Slachthaus, Karlsruhe, Germany (85 min from DAT) Masada C Beato, Lisbon, Portugal Avatar, NYC, USA recording Masada 9 "Tet" Bar Kokhba Knitting Factory, NYC (120 min on DAT)
Bar Kokhba unknown venue... Bar Kokhba Texaco New York Jazz Festival 1997 Castle Clinton NYC Masada Castle Clinton, NYC (65 min from video pal) Bar Kokhba Ashkenaz: A Festival of New Yiddish Culture, Du Maurier Theatre, Toronto, Canada Bar Kokhba Ashkenaz: A Festival of New Yiddish Culture, Du Maurier Theatre, Toronto, Canada (70 min on DAT)
Avatar, NYC, USA recording Masada 10 "Yod" Masada Knitting Factory, NYC, USA (50 min from DAT)
Masada w/ Kenny Wollesen Knitting Factory, NYC, USA Avatar, NYC recording Filmworks VIII Masada String Trio Bimhuis, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Masada String Trio Deutsch Amerikanisches Institut Heidelberg, Germany Masada String Trio Het Muziekcentrum Den Bosch Netherlands Masada String Trio Politiek Cultureel Centrum O42 Nijmegen Netherlands Bar Kokhba Stadgarten, Köln (Cologne), Germany Masada String Trio Porgy & Bess, Vienna, Austria Erik Friedlander, Greg Cohen & Mark Feldman Avatar, NYC, USA recording "Issachar" Baron, Cohen, Ribot, Baptista Avatar, NYC, USA record "Zevulun"
1998
Masada String Trio Merkin Concert Hall, NYC Masada Knitting Factory, NYC (28 taped 70 min ) Each night there were 2 concerts of an hour each. Most of the concerts were taped. At least one concert was not taped. Zorn wanted it to be played only for the audience that was present. Masada String Trio Vision Festival NY West Coast Masada : Zorn, Goldberg (cl), Schott (g), Amendola (d), Patton (v on 1tr), John Schifflett (b) Slim's, San Francisco, CA, USA (120 min from tape) Masada String Trio Merkin Concert Hall, NYC, USA Masada String Trio Tonic, NYC John Zorn w/Anthony Coleman, Street, Sarin (Anthony Coleman Sephardic Tinge) Tonic, NYC probably some Masada tunes added? Masada Flux Festival, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Masada Jazz Festival, Willisau, Switzerland (50 min from FM to DAT) it this date exact ?
29 (or 30?) Aug 98
Masada Saalfelden, Austria (70 min from tape, 15 min from FM to DAT, 90 min booltegged from PAL) Masada Tonic, NYC, USA (officialy videotaped ???) Barkokhba Tonic, NYC, USA Masada Behnke Center, Seattle, WA, USA (85 min from CSB to DAT) Masada NW Cultural Center, Portland, OR, USA
Masada Temple Emanu-El San Francisco (San Francisco Jazz Fest) Masada String Trio Vooruit, Gent, Belgium: Masada String Trio Ancienne Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium exact date ? - I should know, since i was there, but i cant find the ticket.... Masada String Trio Knitting Factory, NYC (35 min from DAT)
1999
Masada Tonic, NY (75-70 min ) Masada Tonic, NY (65-70 min ) Goudsmit (g), Maris (t), Friedlander (cel), Frith (g), Moore (cl), Oliver (violin), Purves (perc), Van rooy (b), Van vliet (p), Zorn (as) Hertogenbosch, Holland Masada String Trio Library of Congress, Washington, USA Electric Masada: Zorn, Ribot, Wood, Wollesen CBGB's, NYC Masada Boston
Masada Sommerville Theater, Sommerville, MA, USA (65 min ) Masada Angel Orensanz Foundation - Bell Atlantic Festival - NYC Masada, Bar Kokhba, and Masada String Trio Warszawa Summer Jazz Days festival - Warsaw, Poland Masada Theatre Maissoneuve, Montreal, Canada Masada Jazz Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium Masada, Masada String Trio & Barkokhba 6tet Warsaw Summer Jazz Days in Warsaw, Poland (41 min of the String Trio boolegged from SDB to CDR, 58 min of Bar Kokhba from SDB to CDR)
Masada Chicago Jazz Fest, Grant Park, Chicago, IL Masada Kasumigaseki Plaza Hall, Japan Bar Kokhba Benefit for Anthology Film Archives, NY 32 2nd 2 shows Masada Tonic, NYC, USA [New Year's Show]
2000
Masada String Trio, Barkohba & Masada Quartet The Barbican Centre, London Masada Trio, Bar Kokhba & Masada Quartet Tonic, NYC Masada Bergamo Jazz, Italy Masada Teatro Allambra, Granada, Spain Masada Sevilla, Spain
Masada Ted Mann auditorium, Minneapolis, MN, USA Ribot, Baron, Friedlander, Feldman, Baptista, Cohen + Zorn (conductor) Angelica Festival, Bologne (Italy) [90 min of a Bar Kokbha special edition for the Angelica Festival. The band revisited Masada and E.Moriconne compositions (Sicilian Clan, Key mind,...) ] Masada Yoshi's, Oakland, California, USA Masada, Masada String Trio, Bar Kokhba Symphony Space, NYC, USA JVC Festival
Masada Montreal Jazz Festival, Theatre Maissonneuve de la Place des Arts Montréal, QC, Canada Masada Tonic, NYC Masada Meany Hall Seattle Masada Norman Rothstein Theatre, Vancouver, BC , Canada Jewish Community Center Masada 14th Jazz Festival Eilat Isrea on Aug 28, Zorn played as guest with the group Satlah Masada Rhode Island Newport Jazz Festival Masada, Masada String Trio, Bar Kokhba Tonic, NYC, USA (Zorn's 47th birthday) Masada Old Cabell Hall Auditorium, University of Virginia Masada Merkin Hall, NYC Masada Palermo, Italy Masada Cirque Royal , Bruxelles, Belgium (Audi Jazz Festival) Masada Archa Theater , Prague, Czech Republic (Alternativa Festival) Masada NYC, USA Barkokhba (line-up ?) Tonic, NYC, USA
John Zorn, Jamie Saft & Chris Speed Frank Booth, NYC, USA recording "Trembling before G-D"
2001
Masada Vitry Sur Seine, Festival Sons d'Hiver, France très bon show ! 1h15 - Amazing ! Masada Teatro Aurora Scandicci Italy Masada Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (presented by Walker Art Center and Northrop Auditorium) Bar Kokhba 18th Festival Musique Actuelle, in Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada Masada Tonic, NYC
2002
Masada Symphony Center Chicago
Symphony Center Chicago
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