John Zorn
Producer, Composer, and Musician
Jon Irabagon with Mike Pride: I Don't Hear Nothin' But the Blues...Coltrane and Rashied Ali on Interstellar Space (Impulse!, 1965) and continuing with similar collaborations including David Murray or John Zorn with Milford Graves, or Peter Brotzmann with Han Bennink,or Ken Vandermark with Paal Nilssen-Love. In this article: Paal Nilssen-Love, John Coltrane, Rashied Ali, John Zorn, Peter Brotzmann, and David Murray |
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all about jazz | 2 days ago
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Medeski, Martin and Wood 11.14 NYC
...without including a bit of funk in the mix their performance came off as pseudo-masturbatory. With a back-catalog that features jazz, funk, John Zorn compositions, and kid's tunes, a more eclectic setlist would have been more stimulating for...
In this article: Medeski Martin & Wood, John Medeski, Billy Martin, New York City, Radiolarian Series, Chris Wood, Zaebos, and Blue Note
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Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | 5 days ago
Trio defies convention - and crowd noise
...a DJ (on the album "Combustication''), teaming up with guitarist John Scofield (on both "A Go Go'' and "Out Louder''), covering John Zorn ("Zaebos: Book of Angels, Vol. 11''), veering into the avant-garde ("The Dropper''), and going...
In this article: Medeski Martin & Wood, House of Blues, John Medeski, Chris Wood, Soulive, Garage A Trois, DVD, Zaebos, Boston Globe, and Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
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all about jazz | 7 days ago
John Zorn: Femina
Mark and his large dog Louie endeavor daily to find and listen to new and interesting sounds. John Zorn returns to his famous "file card" technique of composing with Femina, a disc he wrote and conducts with an all-woman lineup, dedicated...
In this article: Mickey Spillane, Jennifer Choi, Sylvie Courvoisier, Ikue Mori, Laurie Anderson, and Dog
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all about jazz | November 10, 2009
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Ben Goldberg Announces Release of Go Home CD on New Label
...sound throughout, thanks to Mark Orton's mix and mastering by Jon Cohrs of Spleenless Mastering. Ben Goldberg, whom John Zorn has called one of the greatest clarinetists I have ever heard," grew up in Denver, Colorado, and received...
In this article: Nels Cline, Bread, San Francisco Chronicle, and University of California
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all about jazz | November 06, 2009
Joey Baron: Heaven on Earth, Stolas and Dream Dance
...also often rooted in grooves and a steady beat. With a front line of Joe Lovano's tenor sax and Dave Douglas' trumpet (with guest John Zorn on one track), plus pianist Uri Caine, bassist Greg Cohen and Baron, this is a group with more than a...
In this article: Joey Baron, Bill Evans, John Medeski, Enrico Pieranunzi, Greg Cohen, Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, and Adam Rogers
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boston.com - Latest music news | November 05, 2009
A disc jockey and Dylan fueled their quirky folk
...it came to me via the United States again because I tried to listen to something else beside Bob Dylan and the Beatles, and John Zorn [the avant-garde American composer and saxophonist] had this project called Masada. It was my favorite...
In this article: Bob Dylan, Herman Dune, Christmas album, Nashville, Boston, Hanukkah song, and Newbury Comics
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all about jazz | October 30, 2009
Live From New York: Evan Parker At The Stone
...the BBC Music, Brooklyn Vegan, Spannered and Stirrer websites, The Wire and Jazzwise magazines, and the Coventry Telegraph newspaper. John Zorn's intimate venue, The Stone, bases its calendar around selections made by invited curators, but...
In this article: Evan Parker, The Stone, Joe McPhee, Ned Rothenberg, New York, Coventry Telegraph, BBC Music, and Jazzwise
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National Public Radio | October 27, 2009
Excuse Me, Sir, You Have Some Jazz In Your Metal
...funk, hip-hop, noise and just about everything else in bands like Faith No More, Fantomas and Tomahawk. He's also collaborated with John Zorn and served as one-time vocalist for The Dillinger Escape Plan. But out of all of his projects, Mr....
In this article: Cynic, Mike Patton, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Mr. Bungle, Sunn O))), Traced in Air, NPR, and Tomahawk
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NPR | October 27, 2009
Blast Beat Improv: Metallic Free Jazz
...Mick Harris (far right) to cement the evil jazz backbone of Painkiller. October 27, 2009 - According to legend, saxophonist John Zorn once looked out over a mosh pit at a Painkiller concert in Tokyo, excitedly leaned over to bassist Bill...
In this article: Bill Laswell, Painkiller, Napalm Death, Massacre, Free jazz, Last Exit, Peanut butter, Sonny Sharrock, and Fred Frith
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boston.com - Top arts and entertainment stories | October 24, 2009
With Go Home, Goldberg returns to jazz roots
...Lacy, first gaining national notice with the New Klezmer Trio, a seminal vehicle for radical Jewish culture that paved the way for John Zorn's Masada. At a cafe near his house in Berkeley on a recent sun-splashed morning, Goldberg talked...
In this article: Charlie Hunter, Curtis Fowlkes, Kenny Wollesen, Jazz Passengers, Klezmorim, and Masada
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John Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in Queens, New York City) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn's recorded output is prolific with hundreds of album credits as a performer, composer, or producer. His work has touched on a wide range of musical genres, often within a single composition, but he is best-known for his avant-garde, jazz, improvised and contemporary classical music. Zorn has led the punk jazz band Naked City, the klezmer-influenced quartet Masada and composed the associated 'Masada Songbooks', written concert music for classical ensembles, and produced music for film and documentary. Zorn has stated that "I've got an incredibly short attention span. My music is jam-packed with information that is changing very fast... All the various styles are organically connected to one another. I'm an additive person - the entire storehouse of my knowledge informs everything I do. People are so obsessed with the surface that they can't see the connections, but they are there."
After releasing albums on several independent US and European labels, Zorn signed with Elektra Nonesuch and attracted wide acclaim in 1985 when he released The Big Gundown with his interpretations of music composed by Ennio Morricone. This was followed by the album Spillane in 1987, and the first album by Naked City in 1990 which all attracted further worldwide attention. Zorn then recorded on the Japanese DIW and Avant labels before forming Tzadik Records in 1995, where he has been prolific, issuing several new recordings each year and releasing works by many other musicians.
- Also Known As:
- Dekoboko Hajime, Rav Tzizit
- Birth Date:
- September 02, 1953
- Birthplace:
- Queens, New York City, USA
- Occupation:
- composer, producer
- Instrument Played:
- Alto saxophone, Keyboards
- Clarinet, Piano, Theremin, Wind machine
- Record Label:
- Tzadik, Avant, DIW, Elektra Nonesuch, Earache, Hat Hut, Shimmy-Disc, Eva, Toy's Factory, Nato, Lumina, Black Saint, Subharmonic, Parachute, Yukon, Rift
- Years Active:
- 1973 – present
- Associated With:
- Naked City, Masada, Painkiller, Hemophiliac, Weird Little Boy
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