John Zorn

He is a furious man. I recently heard a "cover" he did for the Kurt Weill tribute album. It was as fierce and hard in the ears as almost everything by him. Weird, great musician, sometimes impossible to listen.

At first i didn't think Astronome was as brilliant as everyone made it out to be, but it soon clicked. Having said that, i was already a fan of his style before hearing it, so it's a different situation it seems.

I think he's fantastic. Naked City is brilliant (the whole discography), his classical stuff is great, his improv skills are unique and again great. Sometimes i'm just not in the mood for his strong character and i want something less coarse. But then he has music that would fit into most moods. In short, he's one of my very favourite musicians.

I'm not a "fan" per se, but I do enjoy his music. I think sometimes he can be a bit too much, but then you have whole discography to make up for it. Having said that. I still haven't found an album of his that has blown me away.

I'm a fan of the avant-garde genre so that isn't really a problem.

I have heard it, actually. It's a good album, but maybe I still haven't heard it enough to say it's mind blowing. Maybe a couple of listen more could do the trick?

I first started with his Crowley trilogy (Moonchild, Astronome, Six Litanies ect) and I enjoyed Astronome more than the other two albums. I should get more albums from him though. I've heard his Film works are quite good.

Zorn is for the People. And i like that

lightbulb_son wrote: I bought Astronome, and I am still struggling to get why so many people think he's a genius. I'm going to continue listening in the hope of some revelation.

You might want to try Masada instead. I hear 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4: Electric Masada is very good and more accessible than the Astronome-type stuff. However, I haven't heard it yet, so I can't personally recommend it. But there are a bunch of Masada videos on Youtube. And it's instrumental, so you don't have to deal with Patton or The Eye randomly screaming at you. ;-)

Edited by Ghandi 2 - June 13 2007 at 00:10

His Electric Masada projects are indeed quite good. I have his Bar Kohkba album and it's a double CD goodness for fans of jazz and middle eastern music. I'm not a big fan of both, but I do enjoy this release.

NotSoKoolAid wrote: Electric Masada and Masada are the greatest things John Zorn has ever done, if you enjoy jazz fusion in the least bit and you don't check out Electric Masada you're an idiot. So now you know.   Of course that's my opinion.   I'd call Naked City a "Fun" listen, Zorn's gone far beyond that through his already very extensive career.

I agree. I needed about 2 listens "to get into" Naked City but now I consider it a very amusing and enjoyable band.

John Zorn is amazing, I love extremely intense music, but unfortunately most other people don't so I can't play it as loud as I should. I have Buried Secret/Guts Of A Virgin by Pain Killer and it's pretty awesome. I also just picked up Moonchild, Astronome, and Six Litanies For Heliogabalus, and I love them (especially the newest one). I plan on picking up Naked City sometime soon.