Masada: Live at Tonic 1999
“This is Masada as no one except maybe the band itself has ever experienced it. Filmmaking at its most exciting, bringing you right into the heart of the action.”
2004•1h 8m•8.0•Released
MusicDocumentary
Filmed with an intimate three camera shoot by Antonio Ferrera, a close friend of John Zorn and a long time cameraman for the documentary masters the Maysles Brothers, this concert film captures the band performing a set of Zorn's Masada compositions at their home base in the Lower East Side, Tonic, in the summer of 1999.
Director
Antonio Ferrera
Studio
Tzadik
Cast
John Zorn
Himself - Alto Saxophone
Greg Cohen
Himself - Bass
Dave Douglas
Himself - Trumpet
Joey Baron
Himself - Drums
Production
Company
Tzadik
Company
Ferrera Films, Inc.
Producer
Antonio Ferrera
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