John Zorn
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John Zorn (born September 2 1953 in Queens, USA) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.
Though not well-known to the general public, Zorn's recorded output is astonishingly prolific, with hundreds of album credits as a performer, composer or producer. His work has touched on dozens of musical genres, but he is probably best-known for his jazz and contemporary music; he also led the notable experimental rock group Naked City.
Influences
John Zorn's influences include Mauricio Kagel, Napalm Death, James Blood Ulmer, Hasil Adkins, Juan Garcia Esquivel, Roland Kirk, Jazz Composer’s Orchestra, Husker Du, Die Kreuzen, Naked City, Indian Karnatic Jazz (directed by T.K. Ramamurthi), Funkadelic, Beach Boys, Ennio Morricone, Lenny Tristano, and Pharoah Sanders.
Outside of music, John Zorn is fully grounded in twentieth century underground culture, from references to Octave Mirbeau (Torture Garden); French Grand Guignol theatre; Leng Tch'e (see Tears of Eros, Bataille); absinthe (19th century France) to the contemporary fetish scene.
John Zorn is mentioned in
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- Avant-garde
- Trevor Brown
- Dennis Cooper
- Outsider music
- Free jazz
- Suehiro Maruo
- Naked City (band)
