John Zorn

John Zorn
Born: Sep 2, 1953 in New York, NY
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Genre: Avant-Garde
Styles: Free Jazz, Avant-Garde, Avant-Garde Jazz, Experimental, Modern Creative, Film Music, Modern Composition, Structured Improvisation, Free Improvisation, Jewish Music, Post-Bop
Biography: It is possible to call John Zorn a "jazz" musician, but that would be much too limiting a description. While jazz feeling is present in a good deal of his work, and the idea of improvisation is vitally important to him, Zorn doesn't operate within any idiom's framework, drawing from just about any musical, ...Read full biography
Masada - The Circle Maker
Released: 1998
Label: TZADIK
Critics' Rating:
This two-disc release captures beautiful and refined music that makes full use of two ensembles' extraordinary musicianship. Drawing from John Zorn's Masada songbook are the Masada String Trio and the ...Read full review
Filmworks Xiv
Released: 2003
Label: TZADIK
Critics' Rating:
The latest volume in John Zorn's provocative and prolific series of soundtrack collections belongs to one film, the very instructive and moving documentary Hiding and Seeking by Menachem Daum and Oren ...Read full review
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