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Nova Express (2011) is an album composed by John Zorn, inspired by William Burroughs prose. The album refers to four books by Burroughs Nova Express, The Ticket That Exploded, Dead Fingers Talk and Port of Saints in the track listing. Curiously, "Between Two Worlds" sounds like an instrumental, jazzy version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit"… Continue lendo JOHN ZORN – Between Two Worlds
One of Zorn’s most beloved and unique 21st century ensembles, the Gnostic Trio features the distinctive guitar of Bill Frisell, the vibraphone of Kenny Wollesen and the ethereal harp stylings of Carol Emanuel. The sounds are soulful and heavenly and for this, their seventh cd together, they perform nine tunes from the “Book Beri’ah”, the… Continue lendo JOHN ZORN – Gnostic Hymn
The fourth CD in a 12-month period by Zorn’s most powerful new ensemble presents nine genre-busting compositions mixing jazz, metal, classical, world music and more. This time their trademark sound is augmented by the ringing tones of Kenny Wollesen’s vibraphone to create their wildest, most insane CD to date. Juxtaposing complex atonal lines, driving vamps,… Continue lendo JOHN ZORN – Night
The most extreme organ trio ever, Simulacrum is yet another wild new direction from Downtown Alchemist John Zorn, who continues to explore new worlds and new ensembles into his sixth decade. Dramatic through-composed pieces that unfold with a cinematic logic, this genre bending music defies classification, touching upon metal, jazz, minimalism, atonality, noise and more.… Continue lendo JOHN ZORN – Simulacrum – The Illusionist (2015)
The Dreamers is an album by John Zorn released in 2008 featuring performances by a band which would later become known as The Dreamers. It is viewed as continuation of the Music Romance tradition expressed on his 2001 album The Gift. The Moers Festival is an annual international music festival in Moers, Germany. The festival… Continue lendo JOHN ZORN – The Dreamers (live @ Moers Festival, 2006)
John Zorn's live performance of his visceral suite "Kristallnacht", depicting a timeline surrounding the Nazi pogrom against Jewish sites and businesses on 9-10 November 1938, had a shocking effect on audiences in Munich and New York. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eFIFOBTzFg The New York Times offered this review of the 1992 performance at the Knitting Factory: "Kristallnacht," John Zorn's… Continue lendo JOHN ZORN – Kristallnacht (live @ the Knitting Factory, 1992)
John Zorn's Bar Kokhba Sextet live @ Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw, Poland June 25 1999 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQoIDkVO3mo SET LIST: Intro Lilin Khebar Karet Eitan Teli Kisofim Jachin Kol Nidre Gevurah Bar Kokhba Sextet: Mark Feldman: violinErik Friedlander: celloMarc Ribot: guitarGreg Cohen: bassJoey Baron: drumsCyro Baptista: percussionJohn Zorn: conductor
Mount Analogue (2012) is a lengthy single-track album by John Zorn released on the Tzadik label. Allmusic said "From Jewish and other Middle Eastern folk musics to soundtrack atmospherics, exotica-tinged jazz, Latin rhythms, and contemporary classical inquiries into minimalism, tone, space, color, and counterpoint, all are on display in this wonderfully musical, meditative, hypnotic, and "mystical"… Continue lendo JOHN ZORN – Mount Analogue [fvll albvm] (2012)
Bar Kokhba Sextet brings together six core members of the Masada family under the leadership of John Zorn. The music act is an improvisational group from New York's best downtown artists, including Cyro Baptista on percussion, Marc Ribot on guitar, Greg Cohen on bass, Joey Baron on drums and Mark Feldman and Erik Friedlander on… Continue lendo BAR KOKHBA SEXTET – Lucifer (Book of Angels vol. 10)
Recorded live @ Newport Jazz Festival - Newport, RI, 8/13/2000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v7JySeaS98 More John Zorn's Masada at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.com
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