| Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12 | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Masada Quintet with Joe Lovano |
| Cover: | Stolas_book_of_angels.jpg |
| Released: | June 2009 |
| Recorded: | 22 February 2009 |
| Genre: | Avant-garde, contemporary classical music |
| Length: | 62:59 |
| Label: | Tzadik TZ 7375 |
| Producer: | John Zorn and Kazunori Sugiyama |
| Chronology: | Book of Angels |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12 is an album by the Masada Quintet featuring Joe Lovano performing compositions from John Zorn's Masada Book Two.[1] [2] This is the first known recording by the Masada Quintet.
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek states: "Zorn has become a prolific composer of film scores and string quartets, and he writes for any number of other configurations as one of the most in-demand composers in the world. All of that is born out on Stolas, the single most beautiful album in the Book of Angels series so far – and, one might argue, in the entirety of the Masada catalog".[3] On All About Jazz George Kanzler noted "this is a group with more than a passing resemblance to the classic '50s quintets of Miles Davis, Shorty Rogers, Horace Silver and Clifford Brown/Max Roach. Like those ensembles, the material is approached with a composer/arranger or leader's sensibility, each tune evoking and sustaining a particular mood, one often set by the tempo and rhythm, although seemingly dominated by improvised solos".[4]
All compositions by John Zorn.