john Zorn
 

recommendations, please!
only know some out of context tunes.
and opinions, and bla! hahaha

THANKS

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my thoughts: All you need is Naked City's Torture Garden and Zorn's Big Gundown. Maybe a few Film Works and Masada CD's, and some of his collabs. Don't ever watch that horrible documentary about him. Zorn has some good ideas, and works with talented people, but a lot of his music leaves me cold. On the other hand, I think Tzadik is the most consistently incredible label ever.

Hope that helped.

thanks guys!!! helped a lot for getting started.
btw I am afraid that it turns out exactly the way you mentioned it, asp! but Ill never know If I wont try

i'm bored of john zorn, but i come back to his klezmer stuff periodically. "bar kokhba" and "the circle maker" are both really good.

Hemophiliac

What the quote says.

I don't think it's the best place to start hahaha

Yes! All the Naked City stuff I've heard is great. My favourite is the first album though. Also probably the best introduction.

This:



is an underrated favourite of mine. Everyone should check it out. I mean Zorn with Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson? Amazing!

I dig Naked City and some Painkiller still. I rarely listen to anything of his anymore.

he's a pretty boring sax player

Fo sho.

I love meth.

It's aight.

his masada quartet is tons of fun to see live. amazing musicianship between the players. the string trio is also excellent.

i really like the soundtrack releases where Ribot plays a large role, like _Invitation To A Suicide_. the Bar Kokhba 2cd set is stellar as well.

Listen to Zorn's The Big Gundown and Naked City. And Grand Guignol by Naked City. Most Naked City albums are great. The Film Works-albums are pretty good starting points as well.