Fight Against Babylon Explained

Fight Against Babylon
Type:Studio
Artist:New Zion Trio
Cover:Fight Against Babylon.jpg
Released:2011
Recorded:2011
Studio:Potterville International Studios, New York
Genre:Jazz, reggae
Label:Veal Veal0007
Producer:Jamie Saft, Craig Santiago
Chronology:Jamie Saft
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Fight Against Babylon is an album by keyboardist Jamie Saft's New Zion Trio which was released on the Veal label in 2011.[1]

Reception

In his review for PopMatters, Sean Murphy notes that "What Saft manages to do on Fight Against Babylon is create an organic ambiance and, without any in-the-studio sorcery or clever manipulation (strategies he has already showcased on the aforementioned efforts), establish a deep, utterly pleasant groove".[2] On All About Jazz, Eyal Hareuveni, said "producer and multi-instrumentalist Jamie Saft's New Zion Trio debut recording succeeds in blowing fresh winds in the traditional piano trio with dub aesthetics, citing King Tubby, Bob Marley, Bill Evans, Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane as influences".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jamie Saft

  1. "Slow Down Furry Dub" - 6:59
  2. "Niceness" - 5:44
  3. "The Red Dies" - 7:15
  4. "Gates" - 4:59
  5. "Hear I Jah" - 9:36
  6. "I Shense" - 5:22
  7. "Lost Dub" - 8:45
  8. "Fire Blaze" - 9:44

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.vealrecords.com/veal0007 Veal Records website
  2. Murphy. S., PopMatters Review, December 14, 2011
  3. Hareuveni, E., All About Jazz Review, September 18, 2011