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Zion80
Zion80 explores Jewish music – from Carlebach to Zorn and everything in between – through the lens of the Afrobeat funk master Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Led by Jon Madof (Rashanim, Matisyahu), the 11-piece band arranges Jewish melodies using the polyrhythmic intensity of Afrobeat, blended with the madness of the Downtown scene. Madof’s most ambitious project to date, Zion80 is blazing hot and tight as a drum. Spiritual, grooving and endlessly exciting, this is essential Jewish music for the 21st century.
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"A truly soulful experience"
– NY Times
"A marvelous mashup" - Village Voice
"An energetic and spiritual genre mash-up that must be heard." - WNYC
"A marvelous mashup" - Village Voice
"An energetic and spiritual genre mash-up that must be heard." - WNYC
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
Adramelech: John...
Tzadik Records
2014
Zion80
Tzadik Records
2013
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Last Updated: February 21, 2016
Zion80
Location: New York City
Instrument: Band / ensemble / orchestra
Formed: 1974
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