Ever curious, courageous and endlessly creative, virtuoso guitarist and musical mastermind pat metheny takes on john zorn s masada songbook to create some of the most soulful and adventurous sounds yet heard in the book of angels series. The album was released simultaneously on tzadik records and nonesuch records. He wrote the roughly 500 short pieces in two enormous. Book of angels volume 1 is an album by the jamie saft trio performing compositions from john zorns second masada book, the book of angels. Though zorn and metheny are of similar age and both came to prominence in the late 1970s and have long admired each others music, tap is the first collaboration between the artists. In the final months of 2004, john zorn wrote over 300 new tunes for his popular masada project, and he now initiates a new series of recordings featuring the best players out of the burgeoning masada family in dynamic units performing compositions from masada book twothe book of angels. Performed by his bar kokhba sextet the masada string. For one of the last installments, zorn turns to autoryno, a wild power trio. John zorn resource, an other not classifiable artist from new york city.
John zorn resource leonard book of angels volume 30. Nonesuch records and tzadik simultaneously release guitarist pat methenys recording of john zorn s tap. He owns the tzadik record label and has worked with a large number of experimental musicians. Stolas is the 12th volume in john zorn s book of angels series of compositions. Book of angels volume 14 is an album by the dreamers performing compositions from john zorns second masada book, the book of angels. John zorn, in red, conducts music from book of angels with the bar kokhba sextet featuring marc ribot on guitar, mark feldman on violin, erik friedlander on cello and cyro baptista on. After 12 years and 28 cds, the book of angels project is drawing towards completion. John zorn pat metheny tap book of angels volume 20. Some of my transcriptions from john zorn s masada book two book of angels project.
John zorn born september 2, 1953 is an american composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist, and multiinstrumentalist with hundreds of album credits as performer. Hanging in the cosmic tree by benjamin malkin february 2015 pt. Home page of john zorn resource, an other not classifiable artist from new york city. Book of angels volume 10 is an album by the bar kokhba sextet performing compositions from john zorn s second masada book, the book of angels. A most prolific composer opens his book of angels the.
John zorn s rep as the angry bad boy of the downtown avantgarde has always been a bit of a caricature. Book of angels volume 12 is an album by the masada quintet featuring joe lovano performing compositions from john zorn s masada book two. John zorn s naked city the marquee club, new york city, ny, 19920409 proshot. Book of angels volume is an album by the vocal group mycale performing compositions from john zorn s second masada book, the book of angels. Lucifer is yet another brilliant release from zorn s book of angels one of the most consistent and compelling collections on tzadik. Payment security we take the security of our website and of your transactions extremely seriously. In addition to the rhythm section of joey baron and greg cohen, trumpeter dave douglas, and pianist uri caine, zorn. John zorn jamie saft trio astaroth book of angels volume 1. Masada is not a band, but a meaty family tree of compositions by john zorn, drawing on jewish folk music. I didnt hear the others projects from john zorn, but im sure that this is one of the bests. John zorn s label, dedicated to releasing the best in avantgarde and experimental music, and presenting a worldwide community of musiciancomposers who find it difficult to release their music through. Its being released simultaneously on both nonesuch and tzadik. The rain horse and the dreamers are superb records, and likewise lucifer, the latest entry in zorn s masada book ii.
This site chronicles the recorded output of john zorn. We encrypt all traffic involving personal data with industrystandard ssl certificates and we are also pci. His music has long stressed wit and beauty as much as squeals and hollers. The man could have sat on his laurels after the 90s. American saxophonist and composer, born 2 september 1953 in new york city, usa. Avantgarde composer, saxophonist, film soundtracker, and musical gadfly who has collaborated with countless artists. A most prolific composer opens his book of angels the new york. John zorn born september 2, 1953 is an american composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist, and multiinstrumentalist with hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, and producer across a variety of genres including jazz, rock, hardcore. With the twentythird installment of the book of angels, cubanamerican roberto rodriguez interprets the music of john zorn through the lens of his cultural background. Pat metheny, abbagliato dai risultati dei volumi precedenti, chiede a zorn di partecipare al. John zorn book of angels marciac 2012 full show youtube. Book of angels volume 20 is an album by guitarist pat metheny performing compositions from john zorn s masada book two. A moody and evocative book of spiritual music passionately performed by the remarkable acoustic guitar trio of bill frisell, julian lage and gyan riley, whose previous cd for tzadik nove cantici per francesco dassisi was universally acclaimed as one of zorn.
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