Albums recorded by the guitar duo of Julian Lage and Gyan Riley. Oft these two make records with Bill Frisell in a trio I have a separate list for.
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Trio consisting of Brian Marsella (piano), Jorge Roeder (bass), and Ches Smith (drums), performing John Zorn compositions inspired by (at least for Suite for Piano): Schoenberg, Bach, Webern, Satie, ...
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Chamber ensemble formed by John Zorn and one of his most active from 2013-14.
Line-up:
Bill Frisell: guitar
Carol Emanuel: harp
Kenny Wollesen: vibraphone & bells
Updated 1mo ago9 albums
https://bagatelles.works/
Released exclusively in box sets, until 2025, when a reissue series for each volume began.
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Chaos Magick is essentially Simulacrum but with Brian Marsella joining the mix on electric piano.
Updated 1y ago6 albums 2
Performances of Zorn's famous game piece, Cobra. Some bootlegs, some official releases.
Updated 1y ago7 albums 2
John Zorn's second Masada songbook, arranged and performed in a variety of styles by a variety of musicians. I will try my best to write each style of each entry, but I cannot guarantee for the ...
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Albums, EPs, bootlegs, compilations, etc. that feature performances of songs from Zorn's first Masada songbook, from the original Masada ensemble to Bar Kokhba to Electric Masada and ...
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Solo improvisations on Zorn's first instrument, the organ. Typically live albums.
Updated 1y ago13 albums
A guitar trio formed by John Zorn consisting of Bill Frisell, Julian Lage and Gyan Riley.
Updated 1y ago7 albums
"Films, live concert documents and experimental audio/ visuals by some of the most cutting edge artists working in the medium."
Not sure I entirely agree with some of these (e.g. 12 ...
Updated 1y ago14 albums 1
"What is the New Generation up to? New bands and musical projects featuring some of the most adventurous young musicians around."
A series on John Zorn's label Tzadik.
Updated 2y ago19 albums 3
Named for a novel by William S. Burroughs, Nova Express is an avant-garde jazz ensemble (formerly quartet, though became quintet with the addition of Cyro Baptista) deeply connected with literature; ...
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The third Masada songbook, arranged and performed by a variety of musicians just like The Book of Angels, but this time compiled into a single release at the end. I will list the styles of each ...
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Very bizarre series of Zorn's -- two volumes were released in 1983 and 1986 respectively, a live album in 2004 as part of the 50th Birthday series, and most recently in 2016. Solo improvisations ...
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The Moonchild Trio is led by John Zorn, with vocals by Mike Patton, drums by Joey Baron and bass by Trevor Dunn. The sound could be described as noise rock or avant-metal, though it's a little ...
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To celebrate John Zorn's 50th birthday on September 2, 2003, a series of concerts was held at Tonic throughout the month. These were later released by Tzadik.
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12 albums 4Every single release in the Composer Series on Tzadik and also the original composer series on Zorn's previous label, Avant.
If the record has a primary artist that isn't its composer I ...
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216 albums 5One of Zorn's newest and (in my opinion) best ensembles. Chamber / Avant-Garde Jazz.
Brian Marsella: Piano
Ches Smith: Drums
Julian Lage: Guitar
Jorge Roeder: Bass
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Some of Zorn's easy listening works (and a Book of Angels entry) are performed by The Dreamers: Cyro Baptista (percussion), Joey Baron (drums), Trevor Dunn (bass), Marc Ribot (guitar), Jamie ...
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Simulacrum is an avant-garde jazz / prog / metal trio led by John Zorn, consisting of John Medeski on organ, Matt Hollenberg on guitar and Kenny Grohowski on drums.
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