John Zorn (born September 2 1953 in Queens, New York) 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 prolific, with hundreds of album credits as a performer, composer or producer. His work has touched on a wide range of musical genres, but he is best-known for his jazz and contemporary music. Zorn also led the notable experimental band Naked City and klezmer influenced quartet Masada.
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| - John Zorn (born September 2 1953 in Queens, New York) 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 prolific, with hundreds of album credits as a performer, composer or producer. His work has touched on a wide range of musical genres, but he is best-known for his jazz and contemporary music. Zorn also led the notable experimental band Naked City and klezmer influenced quartet Masada.
- John Zorn is a musician or composer. The most famous John Zorn is currently alive today, residing beneath the stairs at 1313 Mockingbird Lane. He discovered the extended techniquehttp://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/3/3d/Extendedtechnique.gif of blowing on the saxophone, & plays 57 varieties of bird. The mogul head of independent New York label Facadic, he freely mixes musical genres such as classical, cartoon, Jewish, & Italian, in a style he calls Watered Down Town.
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| - Tzadik, Avant, DIW, Elektra Nonesuch, Earache, Hat Hut, Shimmy-Disc, Eva, Toy's Factory, Nato, Lumina, Black Saint, Subharmonic, Parachute
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| - saxophone, clarinet, duck calls, voice, piano, Theremin, wind machine
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| - Naked City, Masada, Painkiller, Hemophiliac, Weird Little Boy
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| - John Zorn (born September 2 1953 in Queens, New York) 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 prolific, with hundreds of album credits as a performer, composer or producer. His work has touched on a wide range of musical genres, but he is best-known for his jazz and contemporary music. Zorn also led the notable experimental band Naked City and klezmer influenced quartet Masada. After releasing albums on several independent US and European labels, Zorn signed with the Elektra Nonesuch label and attracted wide acclaim in 1985 when he released The Big Gundown with his interpretations of music composed by Ennio Morricone, followed by the album Spillane in 1987, and the first album by Naked City in 1990. Zorn then recorded on the Japanese DIW and Avant labels before forming Tzadik Records in 1995, where he has been prolific, issuing several new recordings each year and releasing works by many other musicians. Zorn has worked with a wide range of musicians including Eugene Chadbourne, Gary Lucas, Derek Bailey, Cyro Baptista, Trevor Dunn, Mark Feldman, Mike Patton, Fred Frith, Erik Friedlander, Keiji Haino, Arto Lindsay, John Medeski, Trey Spruance, Robert Quine, Jamie Saft, Kenny Wolleson, Sergei Kuryokhin, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson and the Violent Femmes. In the 1990's Zorn worked extensively in Japan where he performed and recorded under the name Dekoboko Hajime, collaborating with, and producing numerous artists including Merzbow, Otomo Yoshihide, Melt Banana and frequent collaborator Yamatsuka Eye. Many of these artists have now released albums on Tzadik and some regularly travel to New York where Zorn is based.
- John Zorn is a musician or composer. The most famous John Zorn is currently alive today, residing beneath the stairs at 1313 Mockingbird Lane. He discovered the extended techniquehttp://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/3/3d/Extendedtechnique.gif of blowing on the saxophone, & plays 57 varieties of bird. The mogul head of independent New York label Facadic, he freely mixes musical genres such as classical, cartoon, Jewish, & Italian, in a style he calls Watered Down Town. Zorn is a magician of some renown. His use of spooky symbols on the covers of his albums proves this without dispute, and his alchemical dunce cap is truly a sight fearsome to behold, and frequently engages in musical sacrilege. Zorn is also quite an irritable guy, but he blames it on the deodorant he uses.
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