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John Zorn (born 2 September 1953 in New York City) is an American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist. He owns the Tzadik record label and has worked with a large number of experimental musicians, particularly in improvised music, incorporating modern classical music, jazz and even death metal and grindcore as well as having produced music to include most styles.
As a child, he played piano, guitar and flute. He went to college in St. Louis, Missouri at Webster College (now Webster University) where he discovered free jazz, before dropping out and moving to Manhattan. There he gave concerts in his small apartment, playing a variety of reeds, duck calls, tapes, etc; almost anything (sometimes he played “musical optics” which involved no instruments or sounds at all, but rather the arrangement of lights and objects in a dark room). In the mid 1980s he signed to the Elektra-Nonesuch label. Since then, Zorn has been quite prolific, usually putting out several new records each year. His breakthrough recording was perhaps 1985’s The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone, wherein Zorn offered a number of often radical arrangements of Morricone’s famed songs from various movies. The Big Gundown was endorsed by Morricone, and incorporated elements of traditional Japanese music, soul jazz, and other diverse musical genres.
As a child, he played piano, guitar and flute. He went to college in St. Louis, Missouri at Webster College (now Webster University) where he discovered free jazz, before dropping out and moving to Manhattan. There he gave concerts in his small apartment, playing a variety of reeds, duck calls, tapes, etc; almost anything (sometimes he played “musical optics” which involved no instruments or sounds at all, but rather the arrangement of lights and objects in a dark room). In the mid 1980s he signed to the Elektra-Nonesuch label. Since then, Zorn has been quite prolific, usually putting out several new records each year. His breakthrough recording was perhaps 1985’s The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone, wherein Zorn offered a number of often radical arrangements of Morricone’s famed songs from various movies. The Big Gundown was endorsed by Morricone, and incorporated elements of traditional Japanese music, soul jazz, and other diverse musical genres.
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Grzeniu wrote:
how about John Zorn & Sunn o)))
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begily wrote:
when will he play in the UK next?
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WillOtheWisp666 wrote:
That would kick ass too.
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xDanx1 wrote:
He should join Otomo Yoshihide in a project.
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WillOtheWisp666 wrote:
Perfect [2]
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chmiel_88 wrote:
Perfect
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WillOtheWisp666 wrote:
That would kick ass.
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xDanx1 wrote:
Zorn should try some experimental Hip-Hop. I would be amazing.
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WillOtheWisp666 wrote:
@CygnusX-12: the classic guide to strategy!
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Sckxyss wrote:
Cygnus X-2: Definitely Spy vs. Spy, or stuff from his Masada/Electric Masada projects cjkisaragi: There's lots of ways to go.. I personally love his chamber/jazz/klezmer albums The Circle Maker and Bar Kokhba, or any of the stuff I recommended above
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dieformer wrote:
Femina is amazing!
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cjkisaragi wrote:
where next after Naked City?
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replacemein60s wrote:
Amazing!!
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CygnusX-12 wrote:
I have yet to heard a Zorn album which actually realises the free jazz-tag except for his collaborations with yamatsuka eye, any recommendations for his free jazz?
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WillOtheWisp666 wrote:
@CygnusX-12: the classic guide to strategy!
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CygnusX-12 wrote:
I have yet to heard a Zorn album which actually realises the free jazz-tag except for his collaborations with yamatsuka eye, any recommendations for his free jazz?
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prophetmortis wrote:
Femina is nice, aye.
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sexypony wrote:
delightful jazzy evenings
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Master_ov_Khaos wrote:
Femina is a pretty great album.
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Tim-Wells wrote:
better now :)
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Femina
20 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/johnzorn
John Zorn : Femina Structured as a colorful tribute to women in the Arts, Femina is a triumphant return to the file card technique that has produced some of Zorn's most shockingly original composition. …
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