THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS

What to say about John Zorn? Composing difficult music as a teenager this is one gifted man. He's involved in hundreds of recordings so you'd think there would be something for everyone except he always seems to have one foot in the Avant style. Still I have discovered several recordings of his that I value highly after thinking Zorn just isn't for me.

"Interpretation Of Dreams" is an interesting album with Zorn composing the music but not playing on it which is often the case. It reminds me of 2010's "Mount Analogue" mostly for the vibes and style. I just love the sound of this record. Three long tracks and I really like how he set this up with the opener and closer featuring the same three musicians playing bass, drums and vibes so obviously some continuity here but thankfully the middle track changes things up as we get THE JACK QUARTET of two violinists, cello and viola along with piano. Lots of tempo changes and contrasts thankfully but what a warm sounding recording with that middle track bringing a charge to the proceedings.

This was released in 2017 along with "Midsummer Moons" an album of two guitarists and that's it, not my cuppa tea but the other 2017 release "Garden Of Earthly Delights" really hits the spot as he goes heavy and extreme. This is in the middle but a 4 star record in my opinion. I have a lot of respect for this one.