John Zorn (born September 2 1953 in Queens, USA) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.
Though not well-known to the general public, Zorn's recorded output is astonishingly prolific, with hundreds of album credits as a performer, composer or producer. His work has touched on dozens of musical genres, but he is probably best-known for his jazz and contemporary music; he also led the notable experimental band Naked City.
John Zorn was born in New York City, and as a child played piano, guitar and flute. He studied at Webster College (now Webster University) in St. Louis, Missouri, where he incorporated free jazz, avant-garde and experimental music, film scores, performance art and the cartoon scores of Carl Stalling into his first recordings. Dropping out of college and moving to Manhattan, Zorn gave concerts in his apartment and other small NY venues playing saxophone and a variety of reeds, duck calls, tapes, and other...
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Track listing: The TreatmentRomanceWhy Me?FamilyMarking TimeAnxietiesFreud's RondoTotem and TabooRush HourBad DreamsUncertaintyHappy Ending
Track listing: She Must Be Seeing Things: Main TitleWhite and Lazy: End TitlesCynical Hysterie Hour: YakisobaCynical Hysterie Hour: Punk Rock HeroCynical Hysterie Hour: Through the NightCynical Hysterie Hour: Surfing SambaThe Golden Boy: Fanfare/ThemeWeiden and Kennedy Nike Spot: FranceWeiden and Kennedy Nike Spot: SwedenLooters (Tresspass): Arsenal (dance mix)Hollywood Hotel: Main TitleWeiden and Kennedy Commerical Spot: Wheelchair RacersRose Hobart: PuebloTears of Ecstasy: LituusMechanics of the Brain: FireworksAnton, Mailman: End TitlesLatin Boys Go to Hell: DeseoPort of Last Resort: ShanghaiTrembling Before G-D: Trembling Before G-DIn the Mirror of Maya Deren: FilmingSecret Lives: Shabbos NoirHomecoming: Chippy CharmHomecoming: Vocal PhaseShaolin Ulysses: Shaolin SpiritInvitation to a Suicide: Main TitleHiding and Seeking: Sekhel (vocal version)Protocols of Zion: Protocols of ZionWorkingman's Death: Indonesia
Track listing: OrpheeFrammenti Del SapphoWalpurgisnacht: Movement 1Walpurgisnacht: Movement 2Walpurgisnacht: Movement 3
Track listing: OneTwoThreeFourFiveSixSevenEightNineTenInterludeElevenTwelve
Track listing: AbidanKodashimKedemBikkurimRavayahHadashaKatzatzKanahHodaahKisofimSippurSansanahGalgalimElilahKedushahShevetKochotTzalimKivahAvelutMoshav
Track listing: MakahaaThe Quiet SurfSamarkanTrain to ThiensanSnake CatcherMao's MoonCutting StoneLa Flor del BarrioBridge to the BeyondMakahaa (reprise)
Track listing: In the Temple of HadjarimSacrifistMayimKoryojangBulls-EyeLeraimThaalapalassiMakkotA Tiki for BlueThe PossessedOracleKoroyojang
Track listing: TahahSippurKaretHadashaTaharahMisparRatzahZebdiYatzahMalkhutHodaahBikkurimMeholalotKochotLachishShidimAravotMoshav
Track listing: For Your Eyes OnlyChristabel: Part 1Christabel: Part 2CarnyAngelus Novus: PeshatAngelus Novus: TzometAngelus Novus: AliyaAngelus Novus: HerutAngelus Novus: Pardes
Track listing: LilinHazorKisofimKhebarLaylahTeliTevelEitanNer TamidIdalah-AbalGevurah
Track listing: Hu DieHwang Chin-EeQue Tran
Track listing: PuebloElegant Spanking (Suite)Credits Included (a. Politics / b. Asylum)Maogai (a. Suite / b. Variations)A Lot of Fun for the Evil One
Track listing: Duras: Premiere LivreDuras: Deuxième LivreDuras: Troisième LivreDuras: EpilogueÉtant Donnés: 69 Paroxyms For Marcel Duchamp
Track listing: Thieves Quartet: Main TitleThieves Quartet: The CaperThieves Quartet: CadenceThieves Quartet: KidnappingThieves Quartet: DoubtThieves Quartet: Nocturne 1Thieves Quartet: Nocturne 2Thieves Quartet: Bag ManThieves Quartet: The CopThieves Quartet: Nocturne 3Thieves Quartet: Juke BoxThieves Quartet: End TitlesMusic for Tsunta (Nine Cues)Hollywood Hotel: Main TitlesHollywood Hotel: Washing Machine AHollywood Hotel: Washing Machine BHollywood Hotel: Night HotelHollywood Hotel: Japanese TouristsHollywood Hotel: Night Hotel 2Hollywood Hotel: ObjectsHollywood Hotel: Night Hotel 3Hollywood Hotel: Rooftop Death RattleHollywood Hotel: TaiwanHollywood Hotel: End TitlesHollandCanadaFranceGermanySwedenU.S.A.Canada 2Sweden 2ItalyGreat LobbyWheelchair RacesLogoSecret CodeSecret Code 2Don't BreakDon't Break 2FootnotesFootnotes 2RetractionRetraction 2ProtestProtest 2LaunchLaunch 2ElevatorElevator 2FiancéFiancé 2Around the WorldBatmanAbstract WomanMystic Woman
Track listing: Part 1Part 2 (Cartoon Music)Aoyanian MichiEnokenKatsumi ShigeruKondo ToshinoriTogowa JunMori Ikue
Track listing: NezikinMahshavRokhevAbidanSheloshimHath-ArobParanMahlahSocohYechidaBikkurimIdalah-AbalGevurah
Track listing: TannaimNefeshAbidanMo'edMaskilMishpatimSansanahShear-JashubMahshavSheloshimMachinKaraim
Track listing: FactorInterceptLemmaRootNetLie GroupReductionTrisectrix of MaclaurinInterpolationGradientsRandom WalkCuspRegionBlockPredictionConcordanceModulusAdditionErgodicityPrismMean DifferenceLikelihoodDeviationCurlProbable ErrorLimitYouden SquareTensorMartingaleTantochroneWitch of AgnesiRankQuadratureDiscriminantRose CurveLituusInvoluteCateariesFoliumEdge TrainRuled SurfaceSlopeClusterSpiralOctalCissoid of DioclesArcPole
Track listing: Opening Credits / Hawaiian PostcardWork-a-Day World (Anton's Theme)SeductressEnd TitlesFireworksSurgery MontageBrain-ScanWitches' CauldronHoudiniSubliminal PerceptionsMeasuringMacbethPendulumMechanics of the BrainPart One (Hot)Part Two (Cool)
Track listing: Bass and the TrebleThe Acquisition & Control of FireHoney-CabSwitchJuan Talks It Out of His SystemThe WishA Case AroseThe ElfGetting CurlyDon't SwitchSmooth Cheeks of a Big EgoAdd WaterColdFriar T.Too MeYou Rang?Self-SatisfiedAgoraDot Dot, DotMoi non plusLiver"The Footman's Eyes Get Crossed"Heike Cipher MysteryJedi Mind TrickMysterious IslandYou Only Live Twice, Mr. BondWhen Arrows MeetNever Say Never AgainSign of the FourLocus Solus, Parts 1 & 2Where Are My Victims?Disco VolanteKaiser in BorneoThe SaintThe Violent Death of Dutch SchultzThunderballWhite ZombieThe Slaves of Vesuvius
Track listing: Mikhail Zoetrope: Act IMikhail Zoetrope: Act IIMikhail Zoetrope: Act IIIConquest of Mexico, Part 1: Warning SignsConquest of Mexico, Part 2: ConfessionConquest of Mexico, Part 3: Convulsions/AbdicationWind Ko/LaAutomata of Al-JazariVariations on a Theme by Albert Ayler
Track listing: BlueYellowPinkBlack
Track listing: Shtetl (Ghetto Life)Never AgainGahelet (Embers)Tikkun (Rectification)Tzfia (Looking Ahead)Barzel (Iron Fist)Gariin (Nucleus - The New Settlement)
Track listing: IntroI Stole From Jesus ChristGoldMain TitleThe BuildingMeatlockerPigeonsScuffleExploringRattlesnakes for Sergio LeoneTwo InteriorsStealthActionDumping the BodyThe TrunkEscape AttemptArrivalPrying at the WindowsArsenalKing JamesPowerlineThe Magic of GoldChimneyDilemmaConspiracyThe Plot, Part 1The Plot, Part 2Heroin FixLucky RunVengance Is MineEscapeKill FeverOutsideEndingAlternate Ending/End TitleArsenal Dance
Track listing: BatmanThe Sicilian ClanYou Will Be ShotLatin QuarterA Shot in the DarkReanimatorSnagglepussI Want to LiveLonely WomanIgneous EjaculationBlood DusterHammerheadDemon SanctuaryObeah ManUjakuFuck the FactsSpeedballChinatownPunk China DollN.Y. Flat Top BoxSaigon PickupThe James Bond ThemeDen of SinsContemptGraveyard ShiftInside Straight
Track listing: WRUChronologyWord for BirdGood Old DaysThe DisguiseEnfantRejoicingBlues ConnotationC&DChippiePeace WarriorsEcarsFeet MusicBroadway BluesSpace ChurchZig ZagMob Job
Track listing: OpeningAllegroLargoModeratoFantasiaPrestoAdagio MaestosoViolentoAllegro ScorrevoleCapriccio con gustoFalse Start / GiocosoScherzoMaestoso MeccanicoVariations / FuriosoEpilogue
Track listing: SpillaneTwo-Lane Highway: Preacher Man/White Line Fever/Nacogdoches Gumbo/East Texas Freezeout/San Angelo Release/Rollin' to Killeen/Blowout/Devil's Highway/Midnight Standoff/Marchin' for AbileneTwo-Lane Highway: Hico Killer/Long Mile to HoustonForbidden Fruit (Variations for Voice, String Quartet and Turntables)
Track listing: The Big GundownPeur sur la villePoverty (Once Upon a Time in America)Milano odeaErotica (The Burglars)Battle of AlgiersGui la testa (Duck, You Sucker!)Metamorfosi (La classe operaia va in paradiso)Once Upon a Time in the WestTre Nel 5000
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