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John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". [1] His avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, contemporary, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, and world music.
John Zorn's Masada - 30th Anniversary Edition: The Complete Studio Master Takes 10-CD boxset! The premier ensemble of Radical Jewish Culture, Masada is one of Zorn's most popular, personal, long-lasting, and powerful projects.
Jun 22, 2020 · For more than 30 years, the maverick composer John Zorn has been splicing elements of jazz and metal, fostering a vast hybrid scene.
Sep 9, 2023 · John Zorn @ 70: A Very Personal Tribute to America's Most Prolific Composer. Updated: Sep 14, 2023. photo courtesy of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Where to begin with this guy? First of all, he's probably the only bona fide genius I ever knew.
Jul 10, 2013 · The composer John Zorn, as defiantly nonconformist as ever, is being honored in a worldwide festival in his 60th-birthday year.
John Zorn is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". His avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and...
Sep 22, 2023 · John Zorn may have turned 70 this month, but he looks younger. He sounds younger, too — energetic and irrepressible. Recent recordings of Zorn’s music, issued on his Tzadik label, include the...
May 1, 2024 · John Zorn (born Sept. 2, 1953, New York, N.Y., U.S.) is a U.S. saxophonist and composer. His music incorporates influences from the most diverse elements of music and culture: free jazz, klezmer music, punk rock, cartoon music, film scores, and contemporary classical music.
May 14, 2019 · January 26, 2023 • Composer and alto saxophonist John Zorn brings eight eclectic bands to the Big Ears Festival stage, ranging from solo classical piano to all-out electrified jams. ·...
Spinoza is Zorn’s latest creation for the searing jazz-metal trio Simulacrum—perhaps the most extreme organ trio ever. Inspired by the life and thought of one of the world’s greatest philosophers he has composed two extended concerti: one for guitar genius Bill Frisell, and another featuring himself on saxophone.
