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.

Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12
Studio album by Masada Quintet with Joe Lovano
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
Book of Angels chronology
Zaebos: Book of Angels Volume 11 (2008) Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12 (2009) Mycale: Book of Angels Volume 13 (2010)
John Zorn chronology
Alhambra Love Songs (2009) Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12 (2009) O'o (2009)

Reception

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Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

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]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn.

1. "Haamiah" – 4:20
2. "Rikbiel" – 5:48
3. "Psisya" – 8:26
4. "Sartael" – 4:51
5. "Tashriel" – 4:03
6. "Rahtiel" – 7:56
7. "Tagriel" – 13:30
8. "Serakel" – 5:09
9. "Rigal" – 8:59

• Recorded at Avatar Studios in New York City on 22 February 2009

Personnel

• Dave Douglas – trumpet
• Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
• Uri Caine – piano
• Greg Cohen – bass
• Joey Baron - drums
• John Zorn – alto saxophone (on track 6)

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