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Ned Rothenberg
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
Twisting alto and tenor saxophone lines gradually coalesced then dispersed, tacking between consonance and dissonance as Ned Rothenberg and Evan Parker launched their recent duo gig at Issue Project Room. Long circular-breathed patterns were punctuated with overblown tones before the two exchanged almost bluesy lines, complementing and responding in a taut dialogue of fluent masters.
John Zorn: Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem
by Warren Allen
Composer John Zorn continues his remarkably productive 2008 (at least seven releases to his name so far) with Volume XX of his Filmworks series. Zorn assembled these pieces for the soundtrack to a documentary about Sholem Aleichem, the 19th century Jewish author whose character Tevye inspired Fiddler on the Roof. In the liner notes, ...
John Zorn/George Lewis/Bill Frisell: News For Lulu
by Martin Longley
This is another reissue of the 1987 album that found this avant super-trio in what was (and still is) unlikely territory, not only playing bebop, but also pouncing on a less than obvious repertoire. Four composers were selected, their hardboppin’ tunes more or less equally divided, with around four numbers each from trumpeter Kenny ...
Shir haShirim, Il cantico dei cantici
by AAJ Italy Staff
"MiTo Settembre Musica" e “Aperitivo in Concerto" Teatro degli Arcimboldi - Milano - 24.09.2008 Era scritto che prima o poi le strade di John Zorn e Lou Reed si sarebbero incrociate. Al di là dei distinguo, dei diversi ambiti di appartenenza, delle generazioni che li separano, delle enormi distanze, c’è molto in comune tra i due ...
John Zorn / George Lewis / Bill Frisell: News for Lulu
by Chris May
Fun, fun, brilliant, spirit-raising fun. News For Lulu, recorded in 1987 and here reissued in a new master with a bonus track, features three idiosyncratic post-modern improvisers in a homage to the late 1950s hard bop songbook--not playing the material for laughs, not subjecting it to "reconstruction," but approaching it with joy, respect, truck ...
The New Yorker's 100 Essential Jazz Albums
While finishing “Bird-Watcher," a Profile of the jazz broadcaster and expert Phil Schaap, I thought it might be useful to compile a list of a hundred essential jazz albums, more as a guide for the uninitiated than as a source of quarrelling for the collector. First, I asked Schaap to assemble the list, but, after a ...
John Zorn / Bar Kokhba: Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10
by Troy Collins
Lucifer is the first studio recording in ten years from composer John Zorn's most popular Masada line-up--the chamber sextet, Bar Kokhba. Although Zorn's reputation as the enfant terrible of music has followed him since the early '80s, his various Masada projects have been universally acclaimed, which showcase a surprisingly accessible side of this extraordinarily diverse and ...
Radical Jewish Music Festival in Philadelphia - March 1-4 Presented by Ars Nova Workshop
ARS NOVA WORKSHOP PRESENTS THE FIRST RADICAL JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL IN PHILADELPHIA FEATURING THREE UNIQUE PROJECTS FROM LEGEND JOHN ZORN MARCH 1-4, 2008 RADICAL JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL Presented by Ars Nova Workshop Saturday, March 1, 8:30pm MASADA GUITARS with Jon Madof, acoustic guitar; and Tim Sparks, acoustic guitar Performing traditional and modern ...
From Silence To Sorcery
By John Zorn
Label: Tzadik
Released: 2007
Track listing: Goetia; Gris-Gris; Shibboleth.
John Zorn: Asmodeus
by AAJ Italy Staff
A proposito di questo CD, il settimo della serie Book of Angels, registrato alla fine dell'inverno scorso, si potrà dire che ormai la saga zorniana prolifera infinita, autoreferenziale, autocelebrativa, che la componente hard rock è sovraesposta e frastornante, che da un brano all'altro non si riscontrano sostanziali differenze timbriche e ritmiche, che... Tutto giusto, ma se ...
