John Zorn

PersonSince 1953

John Zorn's albums, compilations, singles and EPs, live albums, and videos discography with cataloged releases, editions, and credits

John Zorn·United StatesUnited States· Queens

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Rav Tzizit is John Zorn's one-off alias which he only used once to record an album with Japanese improviser, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Yamatsuka Eye in 1995, Zohar by Mystic Fugu Orchestra released as the sixth album in Radical Jewish Culture series on his Tzadik label. Zorn and Eye had occasionally been working together since they first met in Tokyo back in 1986. Yamataka was a member of Zorn's Naked City band and appeared on most of their albums, and they also toured, performed and recorded together in different groups and projects, from Praxis and Ground Zero (3) to PainKiller (2). All their official released collaborative duo output was limited to a single obscure compilation appearance, with Rectal Mucus track on Ear Magazine Presents Absolut CD #2, The Japanese Perspective CD attached to an Issue 15, no. 8 Ear Magazine (Dec '90 – Jan '91). In 1995, John Zorn and Yamantaka Eye met in New York City and produced a half-humorous album, where Rav Tzizit (Zorn) and Rav Yechida (Eye) 'uncover' mysterious old Kabbalah recordings, with all sounds buried in a dense layer of 78 rpm gramophone record surface noise. Zorn planned a series of joint releases with Eye this year, and soon they produced together the sixth album in New Japan series, Nani Nani, where Zorn appears under a different one-off alias Dekoboko Hajime. In September 2003, Zorn and Eye played a live show together at Tonic as a part of John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration concert series, which became one of the highlights of the program. Yamatsuka Eye was assisted by electronic technician Taeji Sawai, who responded to Eye's sensor movements via Apple Powerbook, and Fred Frith on guitar joined for one song. They also sat again in the studio, and produced a follow-up Naninani II album, released in Nov 2004 and featuring Zorn on alto sax, piano, tabla machine, Tibetan bells and percussion with Eye singing and vocalizing, handling electronics and objects, electric fan, organ, banjo, steel guitar, and percussion. Live set from 50th Birthday Celebration was released on 50¹º Digipak CD in January 2005.

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1978

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Environment For Sextet

1979

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Environment for Sextet

1979

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Hockey

1980

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Pool

1980

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Archery

1981

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Yankees

1982

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Locus Solus

1983

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The Classic Guide To Strategy - Volume One

1983

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巌流島 = Ganryu Island

1985

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Ganryu Island

1985

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The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone

1986

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Deadly Weapons

1986

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The Classic Guide To Strategy - Volume Two

1986

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Spillane

1987

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Cobra (Studio & Live)

1987

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Live From [Psychic Exchanges]

1987

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News For Lulu

1988

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Spy vs. Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman

1989

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Cynical Hysterie Hour

1989

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Naked City

1990

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Filmworks: 1986 - 1990

1990

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Square Dance

1990

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Attention Span

1990

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More News For Lulu

1992

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Elegy (20th anniversary edition)

1992

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Grand Guignol

1992

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アブサン = Absinthe

1993

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Kristallnacht

1993

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Alef

1994

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The Art of Memory

1994

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The Book Of Heads

1995

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First Recordings 1973

1995

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Redbird

1995

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Nani Nani

1995

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Filmworks III: 1990–1995

1995

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Gimel

1995

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Hei

1995

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Redbird

1995

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Dalet

1995

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John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94

1995

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Bar Kokhba

1996

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In Memory Of Nikki Arane

1996

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Vav

1996

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Filmworks VI: 1996

1996

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Zayin

1996

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New Traditions In East Asian Bar Bands

1997

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Duras:Duchamp

1997

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