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Ronald Shannon Jackson (January 12, 1940 – October 19, 2013) was an American jazz drummer from Fort Worth, Texas. A pioneer of avant-garde jazz, free funk, and jazz fusion, he appeared on over 50 albums as a bandleader, sideman, arranger, and producer.
Spillane is an album by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn, composed of three "file-card pieces", as well as a work for voice, string quartet and turntables. It is named after mystery writer Mickey Spillane, whose novels featuring detective Mike Hammer provided the basis for
Review by avestin. SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator. With Zorn every album is a new exciting mad drive through his visions. Spillane is no different although it is a less complex, brutal and crazy than others I've heard by him. For each piece he summoned the lineup of musicians he thought would best fir the music played.
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Spillane is a perfectly dense sonic transfer of a classic film noir, Two-Lane Highway a wonderfully atmospheric feature for Albert Collins with superb contributions from Big John Patton and excellent support from Horvitz, Shannon Jackson and Previte. By far Collins ´best rhythm unit he ever had.
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High:$53.73. John Zorn - Spillane (Full Album) John Zorn -Two Lane Highway Hico Killer/ Long Mile to Houston. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2011 CD release of "Spillane" on Discogs.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1987 Vinyl release of "Spillane" on Discogs.
Dec 12, 2006 · "Two Lane Highway" is quite a different piece-- written as a presentation for Albert Collins-- Zorn utilizes a set of his regulars (guitarist Robert Quine, pianist Wayne Horvitz and drummer Bobby Previte) along with a handful of jazz luminaries (organist Big John Patton, drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson and bassist Melvin Gibbs) to ...
