For our next journey into Zorn, we turn to the acoustic trio of Julian Lage, Gyan Riley (yes, the son of the legendary Terry Riley), and Bill Frisell. Three masters of improvisational interplay working with some of the most meditative music Zorn has released thus far. […]
For our next entry in the colossal task of examining the work of Downtown composer John Zorn, we turn to a more recent record from the Chaos Magick quartet. Featuring the main Simulacrum trio (John Medeski on organ, Kenny Grohowski on drums, and Matt Hollenberg on […]
Welcome to the first official entry in an ongoing series focused on the vast and uncompromising catalog of the Downtown mastermind himself, John Zorn. For our premier examination, we take a look at the very first Zorn record to ever grace my earballs – 2009’s O’o. […]