John Zorn & Roberto Rodriguez - Aguares: Book Of Angels, Volume 23 (2014)

Gilad Harel, Jonathan Keren, Yaron Ouzana, Salit Lahav, Itay Abramovitz, Omri Mor, Assaf Hakimi, Chen Pepe Meir, Roberto Rodriguez, Amit Sharon. Roberto Rodriguez's dynamic blending of Cuban music with the Jewish tradition has produced some of the most popular and best selling CDs on Tzadik and here he turns his brilliant arranging skills and fabulous all-star ensemble to nine beautiful melodies from Zorn's lyrical Book of Angels. Recorded in Israel with some of the strongest musicians out of the burgeoning Israeli jazz scene, the music is at once familiar and surprising, touching on traditions while bringing them into the 21st century with imagination, wit and a passionate creativity.