The John Zorn Discography no.3
1/ Pool (Zorn) 51:12
Recorded at Sorcerer Sound Studio, New York City on March 1, 1980
Polly Bradfield: violin; Mark E. Miller: percussion, contact microphones,
vibraphone; Charles K. Noyes: percussion, saw, khene; Bob Ostertag: elec-
tronics (Serge); John Zorn: alto, soprano, Bb clarinets, game calls; Lesli
Dalaba: prompter.
2/ Hockey (first version) (Zorn) 11:16
Recorded at Dick Charles Studio (by Les Paul, Jr.) on March 4, 1980
Eugene Chadbourne: electric guitar, personal effects; Wayne Horvitz: ampli-
fied piano; Bob Ostertag: electronics (Serge).
3/ Hockey (second version, take 2) (Zorn) 3:42
4/ Hockey (second version, take 5) (Zorn) 2:43
5/ Hockey (second version, take 8) (Zorn) 0:50
6/ Hockey (second version, take 10) (Zorn) 0:59
Recorded at Sorcerer Sound Studio, New York City on March 1, 1980
Polly Bradfield: violin; Mark E. Miller: percussion; John Zorn: goose, duck
and crow calls, clarinet mouthpiece.
1980 - Parachute Records (USA), P011/12 (2xLP)
1997 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 7316 (7xCD)
2000 - Tzadik (USA), TZ 7316-3 (CD)
Note: the 1xCD reissue only contains (1).
See THE PARACHUTE YEARS 1977-1980 (1997) for unreleased takes from the
Hockey session.
The above information was taken from the John Zorn Discography.
I have tried to give this a serious listen and I don't have a problem with music
with plenty of weird sounds etc, but this is almost unlistenable. As much as I
love John Zorn's music, his early game pieces are hardly what I call music. I
know these are games that the musicians play and I'm sure that they have plenty
of fun playing them, from what I have seen on videos but I am not sure why he
ever actually recorded them. Wether or not I actually understand how this system
works and the rules doesn't make this any more enjoyable to listen to. There is a
lot of space in there pieces between short bursts of the musicians making their
instruments make all sorts of noises. The version I was listening was from the
Parachute years box set, So I'm not entirely sure how that fits with the particular
recording above, except there are a lot more takes on the CD set. The First version of Hockey I could almost get into with its electronic noises and
it was a more compact piece than the others. But I just can't listen to the rest
of this stuff. I would like to see "Cobra" played live just to try and see this
sort of thing in the flesh and that is his most famous Game piece, but if your new
to Zorn's music, stay well away from this stuff.Rating 1/5.
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