# First Live 1993

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{{Infobox album
| name       = First Live 1993
| type       = Live album
| artist     = [Masada](/source/Masada_(band))
| cover      = First Live 1993.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = April 23, 2002
| recorded   = September 12, 1993
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Downtown music](/source/Downtown_music)<br />[Avant-garde jazz](/source/Avant-garde_jazz)
| length     = 47:09
| label      = [Tzadik](/source/Tzadik_Records) <small>TZ 7337</small>
| producer   = John Zorn
| chronology = Masada
| prev_title = [Live at Tonic 2001](/source/Live_at_Tonic_2001)
| prev_year  = 2001
| next_title = [50th Birthday Celebration Volume 7](/source/50th_Birthday_Celebration_Volume_7)
| next_year  = 2004
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [John Zorn](/source/John_Zorn)
 | type       = Live
 | prev_title = [Hockey](/source/Hockey_(album))
 | prev_year  = 2002
 | title      = First Live 1993
 | year       = 2002
 | next_title = [Naked City Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989](/source/Naked_City_Live%2C_Vol._1%3A_The_Knitting_Factory_1989)
 | next_year  = 2002
}}
}}

'''''First Live 1993''''' is a [live album](/source/live_album) by [John Zorn](/source/John_Zorn)'s [Masada](/source/Masada_(band)) documenting their premier live appearance at the [Knitting Factory](/source/Knitting_Factory) in September, 1993.<ref>[http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7337 Tzadik catalogue]</ref><ref name="masadaworld">[https://masada.world/releases/first-live Masada World: First Live 1993], accessed September 21, 2023</ref>

==Reception==
The [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3 stars, stating, "For the fanatics who have everything Masada, this is no exception in its necessity. For the curious and cautious, this is a wonderfully accessible place to begin an odyssey".<ref name="Allmusic">Jurek, T. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/masada-first-live-1993-r583360/review Allmusic Review] accessed July 26, 2011</ref>  
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ''[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)''
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> 
}}

== Track listing ==
:''All compositions by John Zorn''
# "Piram" – 5:55
# "Sansanah" – 7:10
# "Ziphim" – 7:16
# "Zebdi" – 5:00
# "Hadasha" – 7:38
# "Rachab/Lebaoth" – 7:04 
# "Hazor" – 7:02
*Recorded live at the Knitting Factory on September 12, 1993

== Personnel ==
;Masada
* [John Zorn](/source/John_Zorn) – saxophone
* [Dave Douglas](/source/Dave_Douglas_(trumpeter)) – trumpet
* [Greg Cohen](/source/Greg_Cohen) – bass
* [Joey Baron](/source/Joey_Baron) – drums

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Masada}}
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Category:Albums produced by John Zorn
Category:Masada (band) albums
Category:John Zorn live albums
Category:2002 live albums
Category:Tzadik Records live albums

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