John Zorn- Awesome Free Jazz/Avant Garde Artist (albums, cover)

Muzak John Zorn- Awesome Free... 01-27-2008, 02:03 PM

Ornette Yeah John Zorn is basically a... 01-27-2008, 07:53 PM

donnietyo Zorn is really hit-or-miss... 01-27-2008, 08:56 PM

ProggyMan I already made a thread on... 01-28-2008, 08:52 PM

zaanpedro yeah mike patton's pretty... 02-24-2008, 01:56 PM

Kamikazi Kat Hes a great musician, its... 12-22-2008, 08:58 PM

cardboard adolescent http://www.hollywoodnugget.com... 01-28-2008, 08:58 PM

ProggyMan Galletas, galletas, galletas!... 01-28-2008, 09:00 PM

GravitySlips I've only heard Naked City,... 01-29-2008, 05:11 AM

Boskov That's one of his more... 07-23-2008, 11:30 AM

pheurton What's right with Patton? 07-26-2008, 05:49 AM

Boskov Faith No More, Mr. Bungle,... 07-26-2008, 07:56 PM

4ZZZ I have a few of John Zorn's... 09-07-2008, 07:16 AM

Janszoon Yup. Also Tomahawk. 09-10-2008, 04:20 PM

GravitySlips I dunno. I've relistened... 09-07-2008, 02:47 PM

Urban Hat€monger ? I'm willing to hear anything... 01-29-2008, 12:13 PM

socialdman87 What would be the must have... 03-24-2008, 08:16 AM

mightyprojet I love his tribute to Ornette... 04-15-2008, 11:43 AM

Muzak I would go for Naked City-... 04-30-2008, 04:09 PM

muppetfrog john zorn 03-02-2013, 10:17 PM

sgodblacktune I'd definitely recommend... 08-10-2023, 11:43 AM

khfreek I listened to Hemophiliac by... 10-25-2008, 10:19 AM

Son_of_Mr_Greengenes Hemophiliac is good, n00b. 10-30-2008, 11:46 PM

Sneer I think Naked City is... 12-19-2008, 09:58 PM

Kamikazi Kat I just downloaded some albums... 02-05-2009, 10:17 PM

khfreek Ah, what a tangled web of... 10-31-2008, 08:20 PM

Son_of_Mr_Greengenes Remember, music does not have... 10-31-2008, 08:28 PM

Anti-Christ That's right Greengenes... 11-10-2008, 07:03 PM

5-Track I found this amazing Zorn... 01-03-2009, 03:17 PM

Pornographie Nouveau I only have Naked City which... 02-03-2009, 03:04 PM

ixtlan22 Yeah the electric Masada... 02-05-2009, 10:39 PM

bobzilla Check out "The big gundown"... 02-17-2009, 02:15 PM

ixtlan22 Yesss Big Gundown might... 02-17-2009, 02:24 PM

lucifer_sam I've come to the conclusion... 02-18-2009, 10:05 PM

ProggyMan Just saw him live at Yoshi's,... 03-15-2009, 10:02 PM

Mondo Bungle John Zorn and Mike Patton are... 07-26-2011, 01:12 AM

Mrd00d Moonchild is weird in that... 07-26-2011, 02:30 AM

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra Zorn cannot really do wrong.... 08-10-2011, 11:36 PM

Sequoioideae Holy shit, ahahahaha. I... 03-10-2013, 08:10 PM

Forward To Death He has an entire album full... 01-02-2014, 10:06 AM

Frownland Are you talking about 'adult... 01-02-2014, 11:20 AM

Forward To Death Yeah, I don't really care... 01-03-2014, 12:07 AM

Frownland That video of Patton is... 08-20-2011, 04:30 PM

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra IAO is ****ing fantastic, as... 08-21-2011, 01:08 AM

Psy-Fi He's one of my favorite jazz... 08-21-2011, 07:23 AM

Mondo Bungle All night studying with John... 12-21-2011, 10:53 PM

Mrd00d You got any of his 2011... 12-22-2011, 12:14 AM

TAIGI Has anyone seen A Bookshelf... 12-26-2011, 11:48 PM

Frownland It's great if you skip... 01-02-2012, 06:59 PM

davotronomatic Yeah, the director is... 01-20-2012, 10:48 PM

Howard the Duck i've only heard Naked City... 01-31-2012, 10:49 PM

OccultHawk Is Zorn actually religious?... 11-30-2012, 09:27 AM

Frownland I don't know if he himself is... 11-30-2012, 08:26 PM

OccultHawk John Zorn and Zionism... 12-01-2012, 12:44 PM

P A N Ajl28OdWqtc John Zorn -... 01-16-2013, 01:30 PM

Chives Based mostly on seeing the... 02-08-2013, 11:47 AM

Frownland I got you into this mess so... 02-08-2013, 01:11 PM

Chives Naked City the album. I had a... 02-08-2013, 01:40 PM

Paul Smeenus To the point of being nearly... 02-09-2013, 05:50 PM

ivanberdichevsky John Zorn is a hero. 02-26-2013, 08:11 PM

Chives The Big Gundown was neat,... 02-27-2013, 08:19 PM

Alice in Chains I love 'Little Bittern' and... 03-11-2013, 02:04 AM

Frownland Has anyone here heard all of... 12-26-2013, 01:54 PM

Gavin B. I own 18 different John Zorn... 12-27-2013, 06:10 PM

Frownland Tidido... 07-26-2016, 01:06 PM

OccultHawk I actually think you're on to... 07-26-2016, 03:05 PM

Frownland Jj0M8HdGGgE John Zorn... 12-12-2016, 09:04 AM

Frownland John Zorn's been releasing a... 05-26-2020, 02:25 PM

Exo HL-B_Qfj30o Classic but... 05-31-2020, 11:27 AM

Exo sDP19Vieg7k Naked City... 10-26-2020, 03:06 PM

Ararita Aka the best living composer,... 01-28-2021, 03:45 AM

jadis I really doubt any one... 06-22-2021, 06:05 PM

rostasi I agree. It really isn’t... 06-22-2021, 06:43 PM

KimBertrand Back in the day I had... 01-28-2021, 04:28 AM

Ararita The irony is that he is so... 01-28-2021, 04:35 AM

KimBertrand Oh f u c k I'm so happy this... 01-29-2021, 01:09 PM

RublevKovacs John Zorn is god 08-03-2023, 06:08 AM

sgodblacktune I'd definitely recommend... 08-10-2023, 11:42 AM

r441999 I’ll check him out! 12-27-2023, 02:26 PM

02-08-2013, 01:11 PM

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Frownland

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chives

Based mostly on seeing the name pop up in Frownland's "now listening to" on last.fm, I decided to give John Zorn a go. Seems pretty rad so far, although he has a hell of a discography. I've been mainly using rateyourmusic reviews to decide which albums to listen to (I've listened to Naked City and his first Filmworks album so far), but if you guys have specific recommendations I'd love to hear them.

I got you into this mess so I'll give you a few suggestions

. Spy Vs. Spy is my favourite Zorn album not counting Naked City's material. Also check out Book of Heads, The Big Gundown, Moonchild, and his group Masada's album Alef.

And by Naked City did you mean the album or the group? Because Zorn made a few other albums with the people on the Naked City, and they're all fantastic. Especially Torture Garden, which also happens to be one of my overall favourite albums.

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Last edited by Frownland; 02-08-2013 at 01:29 PM.