Afrobeat/Jewish Jam Band Zion80 Unleash WARRIORS EP & Ready John Zorn's Masada Book III: The Book Beriah (Chant/Tzadik Records)
Warriors by Zion80 Jon Madof is a New York-based guitarist, composer, producer, and founder of fittingly-described " Afrobeat-Latin-Jewish-Jam band" Zion80 . Madof has previously formed a number of similarly-minded genre-eschewing bands including, but not limited to: Blivet , Rashanim, Ruthless Cosmopolitans with the emcee Eden Pearlstein , Nigun In Clave with Zion80 percussionist Marlon Sobol, and a number of solo projects attributed to "Jon Madof." Zion80 's current line-up includes Madof on guitar, trumpet player Frank London , tenor saxophonist Greg Wall , baritone sax players Jessica Lurie & Zach Mayer , keyboardist Brian Marsella , guitarist Yoshie Fruchter , bass player Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz , percussionist Marlon Sobol , and drummer Yuval Lion . Since forming in 2012, Zion80 has released two albums—one, Zion80 (2012) credited to "Jon Madof" —three EP's, and are currently, gearing up to unleash and album entitled John Zorn...