Moonchild
Released: Apr 18, 2006
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Released: Apr 18, 2006
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Let's take away John Zorn's ecstatic -- some would say diarrheic -- hyperbole in the sleeve notes for a bit and look at the trio here: vocalist Mike Patton, drummer Joey Baron, and bassist Trevor...
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Film Works, Vol. 18: The Treatment
Released: Mar 13, 2006
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Released: Mar 13, 2006
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The 18th volume in John Zorn's Film Works series is on the surface an unlikely one. Zorn was asked to write the score for Oren Rudavsky's The Treatment -- a romantic comedy! According to his liner...
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Film Works, Vol. 17: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls
Released: Jan 24, 2006
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Released: Jan 24, 2006
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Fortunately for listeners anyway, John Zorn's Film Works titles are a lot easier to come by than the films themselves. The 17th volume in Zorn's ever-growing Film Works collection features two...
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Mysterium
Released: Oct 18, 2005
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Released: Oct 18, 2005
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To the extent that it's feasible to classify any of John Zorn's albums, 2005's Mysterium would fall into his small collection of modern classical works. The album collects three short pieces...
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Film Works, Vol. 15: Protocols of Zion
Released: Feb 22, 2005
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Released: Feb 22, 2005
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The 15th volume in John Zorn's Film Works series is the soundtrack to director Marc Levin's Protocols of Zion, a documentary about anti-Semitism in the wake of 9/11. Unlike some of the other...
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Rituals
Released: Feb 22, 2005
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Released: Feb 22, 2005
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Though he's perhaps best known for the explosive, polystylistic cut'n'splice of cult groups like Naked City and Pain Killer, and the prolific and prolix Masada, John Zorn has remained deeply...
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The Classic Guide to Strategy, Vol. 3: The Fire Book
Released: Nov 23, 2004
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Released: Nov 23, 2004
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September of 2003 marked John Zorn's 50th birthday, and he marked the occasion with a monthlong series of concerts at Tonic. On September 8, 2004, he played a solo saxophone set that has been...
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