Jair

Book One #53
Masada World page

Official Releases

Alef
Live in Jerusalem 1994
Voices in the Wilderness - Ben Goldberg Trio
New Masada Quartet, Volume 2

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Performances

• Masada, Norman, Oklahoma, 11 Dec, 1993
• Electric Masada, CBGB, 10 Sept 1994
• Masada, Hamburg, Germany, 12 Nov 1994
• Masada, Angels at the Vanguard, Village Vanguard, New York, 6 Sept 2014, set 2
• New Masada Quartet, Village Vanguard, New York, 25 Apr 2022

Transcriptions

• Vandro, 6 Jan 2025

Notes

• Hebrew: יאיר - "to ignite" or "to give light"
• Thus with Alef, track one, all of Masada opens with "God said let there be light."
• Though tempting to pronounce it rhyming with "hair," the Hebrew is pronounced "ya EER."