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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Influential John Zorn

by AAJ Staff
March 2, 2023

John Zorn is a highly influential American composer and musician who has released over 200 recordings spanning a wide range of genres, including jazz, rock, classical, and experimental music. His work is highly regarded for its innovation, eclecticism, and improvisation. It's difficult to pinpoint a single “most important" album by John Zorn, as his ...

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The Big Gundown

By John Zorn

Label: Tzadik
Released: 2000
Track listing: The Big Gundown; Peur Sur La Ville; Poverty (Once Upon A Time In America); Milano Odea; Erotica (The Burgulars); Battle Of Algiers; Giu La Testa (Duck You Sucker!); Metamorfosi (La Classe Operaia Va In Paradiso); Ire Nel 5000; Once Upon A Time In The West; The Sicilian Clan; Macchie Solari; The Ballad Of Hank McCain; Svegliatti & Uccidi; Chi Mai; The Ballad Of Hank McCain (instrumental).

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Article: Album Review

John Zorn: The Big Gundown

Read "The Big Gundown" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 1, 2000

Part Holy Grail, part Rosetta stone, John Zorn’s 1985 release The Big Gundown was for the many the portent of the Downtown scene’s birth. For this listener, it was my introduction to John Zorn and many Downtown artists that I have listened to these past fifteen years, including: Arto Lindsay, Wayne Horvitz, Bobby Previte, Tim Berne, ...

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