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John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist with hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, and producer across a variety of genres including jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, and improvised music. He incorporates diverse styles in his compositions, which he identifies as…
Known for
- Zorn III (2018 – 2022) — Self2024
- Zorn I (2010 – 2016) — Himself2023
- John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 10 - Bozar, Brussels — Himself2022
- Zorn II (2016 – 2018) — Himself2018
- The Viking of Sixth Avenue — Self2015
- Kikoe2009
- 365 Day Project — Self2007
- Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis — Self2007
- Monday April 16, 2007 — Self (prompter)2007
- Friday May 4, 2007: John Zorn – Cobra Part Two — Self (prompter)2007
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1953-09-02 ) September 2, 1953 (age 72) , New York City, U.S.
- Genres
- Avant-garde experimental avant-rock jazz classical grindcore avant-garde metal klezmer
- Occupations
- Musician, composer, producer, arranger
- Instruments
- Saxophone clarinet piano organ
- Works
- John Zorn discography
- Years active
- 1973–present
- Labels
- Tzadik , Avant , DIW , Elektra Nonesuch , Earache , Hathut , Shimmy-Disc , Eva, Toy's Factory , Nato, Lumina, Black Saint , Subharmonic , Parachute, Yukon, Rift
- Member of
- Naked City , Painkiller , Masada , Moonchild, Simulacrum
- Website
- https://www.tzadik.com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Zorn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- record producer
- Educated at
- United Nations International School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- jazz fusion
- Genre
- avant-garde jazz
- Instrument
- alto saxophone
- Record label
- Elektra
- Discography
- John Zorn discography
- Official website
- www.tzadik.com
- Image
- John Zorn, Newport Jazz Festival 2014.jpg
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- pseudonym
- Dekoboko Hajime
- Commons category
- John Zorn
- date of birth
- 1953-09-02
- topic's main category
- Category:John Zorn
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- owner of
- Tzadik Records
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- partner in business or sport
- Milford Graves
- nominated for
- Pulitzer Prize for Music
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Encyclopedic overview
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, producer, arranger and saxophonist who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde compositions and experimental improvisations meld jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, contemporary, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, Jewish and world music performed by "often unexpected groups of players.. getting startling, unrepeatable results". Rolling Stone noted that "[alt]hough Zorn has operated almost entirely outside the mainstream, he's gradually asserted himself as one of the most influential musicians of our time".
Zorn re-arranged and radically orchestrated Ennio Morricone's spaghetti Western, gangster and war movie themes for The Big Gundown, released on Nonesuch Records in 1986 to critical acclaim. His following albums, Spillane (1987) and Naked City (1990) continued to merge styles and challenge formats. His alternative hardcore influenced bands, Naked City and Painkiller gained him wider exposure in the early 1990s. From 1994 until 2018, Zorn composed and recorded over three hundred Masada project compositions performed by many different ensembles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Zorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.