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2002 proves to be a watershed year for Zorn, with this being his fifth film score in three months. Here, a taste of Ennio Morricone, Astor Piazzola, French musette and Nino Rota make up what is perhaps his greatest film score to date. At times bizarre, haunting, exhilarating and powerful, the lush sonorities of this dynamic group will surprise you as much as it did Zorn himself. A romantic new lyricism. A remarkable new direction. Unexpected, inevitable and absolutely esse... MORE
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Lost in the Stars, a tribute to Kurt Weill Released : Oct 1, 1999, IMS records Tracklist : 1. Mahagonny Songspiel - Steve Weisberg, Steve Weisberg 2. Ballad of Mac the Knife - Dominic Muldowney, Sting 3. Cannon Song - Fowler Brothers, Stan Ridgway 4. Ballad of the Soldier's Wife - Marianne Faithfull, Chris Spedding 5. Johnny Johnson Medley - Van Dyke Parks 6. Great Hall - Henry Threadgill 7. Alabama Song - Richard Butler, Ralph Schuckett 8. Youkali Tango - Arm... MORE
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John Zorn is kind of like Frank Zappa to me. Sometimes I think he would record his grocery list if he needed to release something. He has worked with some of the best names in music, and is no doubt extremely talented, but he releases so much stuff, and the quality is varies so much, and is all over the place. But sometimes when he is working for a specific theme, artist, or genre, the results are fantastic. See my earlier post on his Bar Kokba release, or his tribute ... MORE
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John Zorn's Moonchild now on YouTube as blogged by dmtlsmerzbau.
Trevor Dunn, Mike Patton, and Joey Baron in freeform Zorny goodness:)
There's a happy Sunday for you!
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John Zorn Teiji's Time from: The Filmworks series: Filmworks X Label: Tzadik 2001 Personnel: John Zorn: Piano, Percussion Cyro Baptista: Percussion Erik Friedlander: Cello Jamie Saft: Piano, Organ, Wurlitzer
- Meshes of the afternoon:U.S.18m silent BW
- directed by: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
- music by: Teiji Ito (added 1952)
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"The infamous Moonchild/AstronomeTrio of Patton, Dunn and Baron returns to the studio this time aided by the searing organ of Jamie Saft, the complex electronics of Ikue Mori and a small female chorus to realize Zorn’s latest project Six Litanies for Heliogabalus. Inspired by the decadent excesses of the Roman emperor/child-god who made Caligula and Nero look like reasonable human beings - smothering his dinner guests to death in a rain of perfumed rose petals - these six ... MORE
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undomondo Radio Show is an offshoot of the undomondo mp3blog aired Saturday 10AM CET on Dinamo 103.8 FM in Istanbul. Our radioshow is an eclectic show selecting old & new tracks ranging from avantjazz to electronica to folk & oddities available from archive.orgundomondoand odeo Here’s #9 of our weekly radioshow, this time mixed by yours truly. Remember what I said about #7, that it was coherent and stuff, now I lost coherence once again, but I’ve played enough good rec... MORE
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John Zorn – Astronome CD Personnel: John Zorn; Mike Patton (vocals); Trevor Dunn (bass instrument); Joey Baron (drums). Recording information: 2006. John Zorn's work has always been difficult to categorize and describe, and has only become more so as the musical iconoclast has pushed and developed the boundaries of his compositional ability. 2006's complex, original, and utterly remarkable ASTRONOME is another landmark of innovation for Zorn. Inspired by an unfinishe... MORE
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Where is the new music? The state of "classical" music seems to be very boring? To me it is because there is desire to attract people back to the genre, but doing it by writing boring, one-dimensional music because they think it has gotten too weird and that is why people "switched over" to other musics (i.e. jazz, rock and/or roll, etc.). I think these people are poisoning music with their lackluster, empty, adult-contemporary music, because, again, to me, the issue is on... MORE
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http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.2070789/apps/nl/content2.asp?content_id=%7B4A099024-6AC9-4CAE-AAD3-B5A64B241DD1%7D¬oc=1
Looks like he will have extra money now so we can expect 50 albums a year instead of his lazy normal pace of 25.
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So caught the The Steven Colbert Show Tonight, funny as alway's, but at the beginning just a little slam on avant garde jazz musician John Zorn, where he made a comparison of himself playing some random upper register tone's on sax in front of bastketball player Kareem, making it seem like it was no big deal. If you are not familiar with Zorn he produced the first Mr. Bungle Album, and was an influence to their sound, you can hear remnants of it on his "Naked City" Release.
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These concerts were part of the Barbican In Residence series (http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/series.asp?id=319)The 17th was a tribute to Derek Bailey (http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/) From the Barbican site: Derek Bailey and John Zorn shared a close friendship following their first meeting over 25 years ago. The fruits of their collaboration were born out in CDs such as Yankees, Harras, Mirakle, Saisoro and Ballads. Tonight, Zorn brings together a group of creative spir... MORE
