Caym: Book of Angels Volume 17 is an album by Cyro Baptista's band Banquet of the Spirits performing compositions from John Zorn's second Masada book, "The Book of Angels".[1][2]

Caym: Book of Angels Volume 17
Studio album by Banquet of the Spirits
Released	January 2011
Recorded	2010
Genre	Avant-garde, jazz, Contemporary classical music
Length	48:29
Label	Tzadik 7388
Producer	John Zorn
Cyro Baptista chronology
Infinito (2009) Caym: Book of Angels Volume 17 (2011) Bluefly (2016)
Book of Angels chronology
Haborym: Book of Angels Volume 16 (2010) Caym: Book of Angels Volume 17 (2011) Pruflas: Book of Angels Volume 18 (2011)

Reception

Warren Allen from All About Jazz stated "This union of Zorn's compositions and Baptista's joyously tight band and world aesthetic makes for one of the most wonderfully exciting and eclectic releases in the series... Amidst the panoply of world grooves, the listener finds mystical chants, astral bells and swirling keys... The album is, in some part, jazz. But it's also everything else—from traditional Moroccan music to Balinese gamelan playing—along with the heavy Brazilian, Middle Eastern and even electronica influences".[3] Tom Volk noted that "Caym is 50 minutes of swirling exotica, navigated by four excellent players who all have their moments in the baked desert sun of which the music is so evocative".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

1. "Chamiel" – 4:27
2. "Matafiel" – 5:21
3. "Briel" – 4:18
4. "Zaphaniah" – 3:53
5. "Tzar Tak" – 3:45
6. "Flaef" – 2:05
7. "Hutriel" – 4:27
8. "Yeqon" – 4:54
9. "Yahel" – 2:26
10. "Tahariel" – 4:46
11. "Natiel" – 4:00
12. "Phaleg" – 4:07

Personnel

• Cyro Baptista – percussion, vocals
• Brian Marsella – piano, harpsichord, pump organ, vocals
• Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz – oud, bass, gimbri, vocals
• Tim Keiper – drums, percussion, kamel ngoni, vocals

References