Fight Against Babylon

Fight Against Babylon
Studio album by New Zion Trio
Released	2011
Recorded	2011
Studio	Potterville International Studios, New York
Genre	Jazz, reggae
Label	Veal Veal0007
Producer	Jamie Saft, Craig Santiago
Jamie Saft chronology
Borscht Belt Studies (2011) Fight Against Babylon (2011) Chaliwa (2013)

Fight Against Babylon is an album by keyboardist Jamie Saft's New Zion Trio which was released on the Veal label in 2011. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
PopMatters	[2]
All About Jazz	[3]

In his review for PopMatters, Sean Murphy notes that "What Saft manages to do on Fight Against Babylon is create an organic ambiance and, without any in-the-studio sorcery or clever manipulation (strategies he has already showcased on the aforementioned efforts), establish a deep, utterly pleasant groove". ^[2] On All About Jazz, Eyal Hareuveni, said "producer and multi-instrumentalist Jamie Saft's New Zion Trio debut recording succeeds in blowing fresh winds in the traditional piano trio with dub aesthetics, citing King Tubby, Bob Marley, Bill Evans, Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane as influences". ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jamie Saft

1. "Slow Down Furry Dub" - 6:59
2. "Niceness" - 5:44
3. "The Red Dies" - 7:15
4. "Gates" - 4:59
5. "Hear I Jah" - 9:36
6. "I Shense" - 5:22
7. "Lost Dub" - 8:45
8. "Fire Blaze" - 9:44

Personnel

• Jamie Saft - piano, organ
• Larry Grenadier - bass
• Craig Santiago - drums

References

1. Veal Records website, accessed October 15, 2015
2. Murphy. S., PopMatters Review, December 14, 2011
3. Hareuveni, E., All About Jazz Review, September 18, 2011