Where to start with John Zorn

I'm obviously joining this party rather late, but I felt I should second the poster who mentioned that Zorn has many hats and guises. All of them are worth hearing to understand his full musical range, but I just can't stomach the more structureless, noisy stuff like the game, Naked City, Moonchild, etc. recordings. I prefer his more mellower side, which can occasionally venture into discordant note-spinning, but albums like O'o, A Vision in Blakelight, At the Gates of Paradise, Goddess: Music for the Ancient of Days, all of the Gnostic Trio albums, many of The Book of Angels, many Masada recordings, etc. contain a lot of beautiful music that's worth looking into. I also like his filmworks, but need to acquire more of these, but Zorn's output is so vast that it's hard exploring everything he's done.

Edited by Mirror Image - March 15 2015 at 18:49