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"The Big Gundown" is my fave and anything he does with Fred Frith (though what he does in private with Frith or anyone else is his own affair...)

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I found a used copy of the remastered "Big Gundown (with bonus tracks) a month ago for $5.00. Such a great disc.

Frith is excellent--I love the collaboration he did with Evelyn Glennie.

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Have you tried Frith's solo albums - "Cheap at Half the Price" "Gravity" "Technology of Tears" etc? A great laugh but really intelligent at the same time. My favourite track of his is "The As Usual Dance Towards The Other Flight of What Is Not" (which has to be one of the best titles ever!)

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Zappa/ Zorn /

.. it's too much for me
..and it's too much for me and anyones ..
or anyone elses mirror !

I recorded an amazing trio playing some zorn string trios on a mini-dv tape, transfered it to the computer, and learned it had some severe sound drop-outs during the set, apparently the issue was caused during transfer and not on my master tape. Before I could re-attempt a third transfer (second suffered the same problem), I accidentally erased most part of the master...

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true Art and Science. - Albert Einstein

I bought over 200 discs in 2010, and over 25% of them were John Zorn. Here's my Zorn collection as of today:

Locus Solus (1983, 1997)
Ganryu Island (1984, 1998)
Spillane (1987)
Spy vs Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman (1989)
Elegy (1992)
Redbird (1995)
Duras: Duchamp (1997)
New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands (1997)
Angelus Novus (1998)
Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra (1998)
Godard/Spillane (1999)
The String Quartets (1999)
The Big Gundown: 15th Anniversary Special Edition (2000, Remastered, with bonus tracks)
Xu Feng (2000)
Madness, Love and Mysticism (2001)
Songs from the Hermetic Theatre (2001)
IAO (2002)
Chimeras (2003)
From Silence to Sorcery (2007)
Femina (2009)
What Thou Wilt (2010)
John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94 (1994)
Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2 (2002)
Music for Children (Volume One, 1998)
Taboo & Exile (Volume Two, 1999)
The Gift (Volume Three, 2001)
The Dreamers (Volume Four, 2008)
O'o (Volume Five, 2009)
Filmworks 1986-1990 (1997)
Filmworks II: Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill (1996)
Filmworks III: 1990-1995 (1997)
Filmworks IV: S&M + More (1997)
Filmworks VIII: 1997 (1998)
Filmworks IX: Trembling Before G-d (2000)
Filmworks X: In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2001)
Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries (2002)
Filmworks XV: Protocols of Zion (2005)
Filmworks XVIII: The Treatment (2006)
Filmworks XIX: The Rain Horse (2008)
Filmworks XXII: The Last Supper (2008)
Naked City (1989)
Naked City Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989 (2002)
The Circle Maker (1998, Disc 1 by Masada String Trio, Disc 2 by Bar Kokhba Sextet) 2CD
Bar Kokhba (1996) 2CD
Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 3: The Unknown Masada (2003)
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 (by Electric Masada, 2004)
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11 (by Bar Kokhba Sextet, 2005) 3CD
Astaroth: Book of Angels Volume 1 (by Jamie Saft Trio, 2005)
Azazel: Book of Angels Volume 2 (by Masada String Trio, 2005)
Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5 (by The Cracow Klezmer Band, 2006)
Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9 (by Secret Chiefs 3, 2008)
Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10 (by Bar Kokhba Sextet, 2008)
Zaebos: Book of Angels Volume 11 (by Medeski, Martin and Wood, 2008)
Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12 (by Masada Quintet & Joe Lovano, 2009)
Haborym: Book of Angels Volume 16 (by Masada String Trio, 2010)
Moonchild: Songs Without Words (2006)
Astronome (2006)
Six Litanies for Heliogabalus (2007) with John Zorn, Jamie Saft & Ikue Mori
The Crucible (2008) with John Zorn
Ipsissimus (2010)
Voodoo (by the Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet - Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, Bobby Previte and Ray Drummond, 1986)

I'm severely lacking in the Masada Quartet department -- those discs don't seem to show up in the used bins too often.

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That's f-ing impressive. (jaw clatters against floor)

After that lot I'd imagine that you'd be severely lacking in the financial department. Encore Records in downtown Kitchner always seems to have a good slice of Zorn but at a premium.

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Miasma!

Amazon.com has a ton of Zorn at low prices, both new and used. Oddly enough, I've bought quite a few used Zorn discs at Encore Records in downtown Ann Arbor. Fantastic store, along with Wazoo Records, if you're ever in the Michigan area.

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http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusiq ... =Interview

One of the best ever interviews with Zorn -- very recent, 85 minutes, discusses many of his projects and writing processes.

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This is a great watch too.

http://www.archive.org/details/IMP_2007_11_15

Sound gets better after about 30secs.

Bar kohkba Sextet is some seriously gorgeous music.

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My Zorn collection update:

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The Parachute Years: 1977-1981 (1997) 7CD
Locus Solus (1983, 1997)
Ganryu Island (1984, 1998)
Spillane (1987)
Spy vs Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman (1989)
Elegy (1992)
Kristallnacht (1993)
First Recordings 1973 (1995)
Redbird (1995)
The Book of Heads (1995)
The Classic Guide to Strategy (1996, Collecting the out of print Volumes 1 and 2)
Duras: Duchamp (1997)
New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands (1997)
Angelus Novus (1998)
Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra (1998)
The Bribe (1998)
Godard/Spillane (1999)
The String Quartets (1999)
The Big Gundown: 15th Anniversary Special Edition (2000, Remastered, with bonus tracks)
Xu Feng (2000)
Madness, Love and Mysticism (2001)
Songs from the Hermetic Theatre (2001)
IAO (2002)
Chimeras (2003)
Mysterium (2005)
Rituals (2005)
From Silence to Sorcery (2007)
Femina (2009)
Dictée/Liber Novus (2010)
What Thou Wilt (2010)
Interzone (2010)

Cobra (1987) 2CD
John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94 (1994)
Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2 (2002)

Music for Children (Volume One, 1998)
Taboo & Exile (Volume Two, 1999)
The Gift (Volume Three, 2001)
The Dreamers (Volume Four, 2008)
O'o (Volume Five, 2009)
A Dreamers Christmas (2011)

Filmworks 1986-1990 (1997)
Filmworks II: Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill (1996)
Filmworks III: 1990-1995 (1997)
Filmworks IV: S&M + More (1997)
Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy (1996)
Filmworks VI: 1996 (1996)
Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour (1997)
Filmworks VIII: 1997 (1998)
Filmworks IX: Trembling Before G-d (2000)
Filmworks X: In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2001)
Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries (2002)
Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide (2002)
Filmworks XIV: Hiding and Seeking (2003)
Filmworks XV: Protocols of Zion (2005)
Filmworks XVI: Workingman's Death (2005)
Filmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls (2006)
Filmworks XVIII: The Treatment (2006)
Filmworks XIX: The Rain Horse (2008)
Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem (2008)
Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum (2008)
Filmworks XXII: The Last Supper (2008)
Filmworks XXIV: The Nobel Prizewinner (2010)

Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings (2005) 5CD
Naked City Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989 (2002)

Painkiller - Execution Ground (1994) 2CD

The Circle Maker (1998, Disc 1 by Masada String Trio, Disc 2 by Bar Kokhba Sextet) 2CD
Bar Kokhba (1996) 2CD

Masada - Alef (1994)
Masada - Dalet (1995) EP
Masda - Live in Taipei 1995 (1998)
Masada - Live in Middelheim 1999 (1999)
Masada - Live in Sevilla 2000 (2000)
Masada - Live at Tonic 2001 (2001) 2CD
Masada - First Live 1993 (2002)

Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 1: Masada Guitars (2003)
Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 2: Voices in the Wilderness (2003) 2CD
Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 3: The Unknown Masada (2003)
Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 5: Masada Rock (2005)

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 (by Electric Masada, 2004)
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 5 (by Fred Frith/John Zorn, 2004)
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 6 (by Hemophiliac, 2004)
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 8 (by Wadada Leo Smith/Susie Ibarra/John Zorn, 2004)
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10 (by Yamataka Eye/John Zorn, 2005)
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11 (by Bar Kokhba Sextet, 2005) 3CD

Astaroth: Book of Angels Volume 1 (by Jamie Saft Trio, 2005)
Azazel: Book of Angels Volume 2 (by Masada String Trio, 2005)
lphas: Book of Angels Volume 3 (by Mark Feldman & Sylvie Courvoisier, 2006)
Orobas: Book of Angels Volume 4 (by Koby Israelite, 2006)
Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5 (by The Cracow Klezmer Band, 2006)
Asmodeus: Book of Angels Volume 7 (by Marc Ribot, 2007)
Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9 (by Secret Chiefs 3, 2008)
Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10 (by Bar Kokhba Sextet, 2008)
Zaebos: Book of Angels Volume 11 (by Medeski, Martin and Wood, 2008)
Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12 (by Masada Quintet & Joe Lovano, 2009)
Mycale: Book of Angels Volume 13 (by Mycale, 2010)
Haborym: Book of Angels Volume 16 (by Masada String Trio, 2010)

Moonchild: Songs Without Words (2006)
Astronome (2006)
Six Litanies for Heliogabalus (2007) with John Zorn, Jamie Saft & Ikue Mori
The Crucible (2008) with John Zorn
Ipsissimus (2010)

Deadly Weapons (by Steve Beresford, John Zorn, Toni Marshall & David Toop, 1986)
Voodoo (by the Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet - Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, Bobby Previte and Ray Drummond, 1986)
Prelapse (by Prelapse, 1999)
Naninani II (by John Zorn & Yamataka Eye, 2004)
Late Works (by John Zorn & Fred Frith, 2010)

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Definitely beefed up my Masada collection but still many of their studio discs to purchase.

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That is impressive, nice to see. Thanks for sharing.

Don't forget Speechless by Frith.

Fred Frith & Ensemble Modern - Traffic Continues is a great album too. As are all the Zorn / Frith duo albums!

I don't have much of a Zorn collection, just The Big Gundown on vinyl, all of the Moonchild releases, and a few of the Masada: Book Of Angels CDs - the ones w/ Secret Chiefs 3 + Medeski Martin & Wood. All awesome stuff. Anyway I just finally grabbed the Book Of Angels vol. 7 w/ Marc Ribot.

HOLY SHIT What a monster trio w/ Trevor Dunn & G. Calvin Weston. Best guitar album I've heard in the last ten years.

I'm confused. Which album are you referring to as the MOnster guitar one?

Oh, I get it now. A Zorn album without Zorn on sax. Will check it out, love Weston, one of the happiest (along with Charles Hayward of This Heat fame) drummers I have ever seen. Totally infectious.

On the three Masada: Book Of Angels CDs I mentioned, Zorn doesn't play on any of them. I bought them more for being a fan of the artists featured. He composed the music and conducted the sessions. Also on the first four out of five Moonchild albums, he doesn't play on those either.

I agree -- those three CD's are awesome. Check out the Book of Angels release by Koby Israelite, as it is mind-blowing -- along the lines of Secret Chiefs 3 but maybe a little crazier even.

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I created a Fred Frith channel on Pandora last week and have really been enjoying his music -- large variety of styles, much like Zorn.

Just discovered that on Frith's Freedom in Fragments CD is a song entitled "T Square Park Lark (for Frank Zappa)"

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Frith fan here...

Not that I know all of his albums (I know none), but his live recordings I have are very impressive and enjoyable as in innovative and refreshing...

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true Art and Science. - Albert Einstein