Masks and Faces is the debut album by the New Klezmer Trio, Ben Goldberg - clarinet, Dan Seamans - bass, and Kenny Wollesen - drums, which was originally released on the Nine Winds label in 1991 and re-released on the Tzadik label in 1996.
[1] In her review for Allmusic, Joslyn Layne observed "this raucous, bursting, and somewhat disjointed music sustains a groove that's not so hard to hang on to.
Almost an hour in length, New Klezmer Trio's first release ebbs and flows, relentlessly packed with high quality tunes".
[2] All compositions by Ben Goldberg except as indicated