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

Muzak · 01-27-2008, 02:03 PM

Thanks again to those who helped me with my project I was able to discover a lot of new bands with my knowledge of avant garde. Here is an important player, John Zorn!

John Zorn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

YouTube - John zorn - batman (naked city)
YouTube - John Zorn / Moonchild - Possession

Ornette · 01-27-2008, 07:53 PM

Yeah John Zorn is basically a genius.

donnietyo · 01-27-2008, 08:56 PM

Zorn is really hit-or-miss with me. I mean, he's put out some of my favorite albums (Naked City and Circle Maker), but he's also put out a lot stuff I can't stand (his recent albums with Mike Patton, but it is really Patton that annoys me on those albums rather than the composition).

ProggyMan · 01-28-2008, 08:52 PM

I already made a thread on him in the Jazz section. .

zaanpedro · 02-24-2008, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by donnietyo

Zorn is really hit-or-miss with me. I mean, he's put out some of my favorite albums (Naked City and Circle Maker), but he's also put out a lot stuff I can't stand (his recent albums with Mike Patton, but it is really Patton that annoys me on those albums rather than the composition).

yeah mike patton's pretty annoying

Kamikazi Kat · 12-22-2008, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by zaanpedro

yeah mike patton's pretty annoying

Hes a great musician, its just easy to get too much of him. I mean, he is everywhere, its scary. Left 4 Dead zombie sounds: Mike Patton. I Am Legend zombie sounds: Mike Patton. The Darkness voices: Mike Patton. Portal Anger Sphere sounds: Mike Patton. I mean, he's even voicing the main character in Bionic commando. Plus he's a guest musician on so many avant-garde albums, its insane.

Its easy to get tooo much of him these days. Sometimes its nice to take a break (although its hard too when he's in every album and now almost every video game. I just started listening to Fantomas again after a while, and it sounds great.

cardboard adolescent · 01-28-2008, 08:58 PM

ProggyMan · 01-28-2008, 09:00 PM

Galletas, galletas, galletas! Inside joke from Spanish class.

GravitySlips · 01-29-2008, 05:11 AM

I've only heard Naked City, which kind of sucks. I definitely need to hear some other Zorn stuff.

Boskov · 07-23-2008, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by GravitySlips

I've only heard Naked City, which kind of sucks. I definitely need to hear some other Zorn stuff.

That's one of his more accessible and better Jazz albums, so if you didn't like that, I'm not sure the rest is going to fare much better.

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What's wrong with Patton?

01-27-2008, 02:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Muzak Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,040	John Zorn- Awesome Free Jazz/Avant Garde Artist Thanks again to those who helped me with my project I was able to discover a lot of new bands with my knowledge of avant garde. Here is an important player, John Zorn! John Zorn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia YouTube - John zorn - batman (naked city) YouTube - John Zorn / Moonchild - Possession

01-27-2008, 07:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ornette Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 100	Yeah John Zorn is basically a genius.

01-27-2008, 08:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
donnietyo Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: California Posts: 9	Zorn is really hit-or-miss with me. I mean, he's put out some of my favorite albums (Naked City and Circle Maker), but he's also put out a lot stuff I can't stand (his recent albums with Mike Patton, but it is really Patton that annoys me on those albums rather than the composition).

01-28-2008, 08:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	I already made a thread on him in the Jazz section. .

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cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,511

01-28-2008, 09:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
ProggyMan Reformed Jackass Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,964	Galletas, galletas, galletas! Inside joke from Spanish class.

01-29-2008, 05:11 AM	#9 (permalink)
GravitySlips Music Addict Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,578	I've only heard Naked City, which kind of sucks. I definitely need to hear some other Zorn stuff.