Hello Emmanouil, I think the reason is neither influences on Masada, nor influences from Masada, but the fact that Zorn is always trying to arrange his music for the particular musicians in mind. Moreover, sometimes he even composes works for the certain players. Friday, September 13, 2002, you wrote to me: EP> hi, EP> last weekend I saw a great show with Feldman/DeJoode/Vatcher, playing EP> mostly free. Really intense with excellent communication between them. EP> I had the feeling that a lot of the passages and phrases of Feldman EP> were reminiscent of his Masada string trio contributions. I really had EP> the feeling at some points that he was playing knwn phrases! EP> So, I would like to raise a question and maybe people who have seen EP> him more times and in different groupings might have a better insight: EP> Has he been a big influence on the Masada pieces, marking them with his own EP> style, or is it that the Masada string trio has influenced him so much EP> that even in a relatively free setting he sounds close to it? -- Best regards, Peter Gannushkin e-mail: shkin@shkin.com URL: http://www.downtownmusic.net/