Julian Lage having fun with John Zorn’s Masada

[Rob MacKillop]

Zorn has been on my listening radar for forty years or so, so it was great to see Julian on stage with Zorn’s group, Masada. I hope this style of music never dies out…

[Oscar67]

How Julian throws all of that on one big heap and somehow makes it work… It’s like the love child of Kurt Cobain and Joe Pass. I love it. He brings the danger element that good rock ‘n roll has into jazz without completely going off into free jazz or endless atonal stuff. Jazzbox? No thanks. High-headroom clean sound? No way. Power chords? Why not!

I saw him play earlier this year and will see him again in December. Can’t wait.

[Litterick]

Jorge Roeder on bass and Kenny Wollesen on drums.

[SandChannel]

Zorn. No rules.

[ThatRhythmMan]

Jorge Roeder on bass and Kenny Wollesen on drums.

Monster players in their own rights.


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[Cunamara]

A different take on Zorn tunes by Lage, Frisell and Gyan Riley:

John Zorn Resource - Virtue

[Cunamara]

Monster players in their own rights.

Yeah, those guys are both huge. The number of years ago, he was in town with Kenny and Julian for a trio gig and I had a chance to have about a pretty long chat with Jorge at the merch table. What a very thoughtful guy who has developed a clear understanding of how he sees music and his relationship to it. It was a fascinating discussion (and hopefully not too tedious for him). He gave me a lot to think about in terms of the role and inner process of a musician.

[timbrewolf]

Thanks for posting this one, I think I've watched it a half-dozen times now. I had the pleasure of seeing his trio at the Village Vanguard a couple years ago, was fantastic. I think my favorite album of his with Zorn is Full Fathom Five, has this kind of energy.