Zion 80 is the brainchild of guitarist Jon Madof, a wildly popular project that seamlessly blends the Afro pop stylings of the legendary Fela Kuti with the Jewish tradition. Featuring an exciting 11-piece all-star band, Madof masterfully blends horns, guitars, keyboards and percussion, mixing the polyrhythmic intensity of Afrobeat with the freewheeling madness of the Downtown scene. A one of a kind ascent into madness, Madof’s creative arrangements of 8 tunes from Zorn’s Book of Angels are spiritual and endlessly exciting. Workshopped at The Stone and recorded at Bill Laswell’s studio in New Jersey, this is grooving Jewish music for the 21st century!
