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Spillane (Album) by John Zorn

Artist Biography For John Zorn

John Zorn Born September 2 1953 In New York City United States Is An American Avant-Garde Composer Arranger Record Producer Saxophonist And Multi-Instrumentalist. Zorn's Recorded Output Is Prolific With Hundreds Of Album Credits As A Performer Composer Or Producer. His Work Has Touched On A Wide Range Of Musical Genres Often Within A Single Composition But He Is Best-Known For His Avant-Garde Jazz Improvised And Contemporary Classical Music. Zorn Has Led The Punk Jazz Band Naked City The Klezmer-Influenced Quartet Masada And Composed The Associated 'Masada Songbooks' Written Concert Music For Classical Ensembles And Produced Music For Film And Documentary. Zorn Has Stated That "I've Got An Incredibly Short Attention Span. My Music Is Jam-Packed With Information That Is Changing Very Fast... All The Various Styles Are Organically Connected To One Another. I'm An Additive Person - The Entire Storehouse Of My Knowledge Informs Everything I Do. People Are So Obsessed With The Surface That They Can't See The Connections But They Are There." After Releasing Albums On Several Independent US And European Labels Zorn Signed With Elektra Nonesuch And Attracted Wide Acclaim In 1985 When He Released The Big Gundown With His Interpretations Of Music Composed By Ennio Morricone. This Was Followed By The Album Spillane In 1987 And The First Album By Naked City In 1989 Which All Attracted Further Worldwide Attention. Zorn Then Recorded On The Japanese DIW Label And Curated The Avant Subsidiary Label Before Forming Tzadik In 1995 Where He Has Been Prolific Issuing Several New Recordings Each Year And Releasing Works By Many Other Musicians.

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Frogtoon Music Album Info: Spillane

Spillane Is An Album By American Composer And Saxophonist/multi-Instrumentalist John Zorn Composed Of Three File-Card Pieces As Well As A Work For Voice String Quartet And Turntables. It Is Named After Mystery Writer Mickey Spillane Whose Novels Featuring Detective Mike Hammer Provided The Basis For The Album's Title Track. Zorn Wrote Spillane On A Series Of Index Cards Each Containing An Outline Or Instruction For The Musicians That Was Intended To Evoke Scenes From One Of Spillane's Novels. One Card States "Scene Of The Crime #1 -- High Harp Harmonics Basses And Trombone Drone Guitar Sonorities Sounds Of Water Dripping And Narration On Top." Thus The Musicians Are Not Given Traditional Sheet Music But A Series Of Cues Or Outlines That Encourage Improvisation. Zorn Later Released The Composition Spillane On The Compilation Album Godard/Spillane 1999 .
The Allmusic Review By Stephen Cook Awarded The Album 4½ Stars Stating "Spillane Is Not Only One Of The Highlights In Zorn's Catalog But Also Makes For A Fine Introduction To The Composer's Vast Body Of Work".
Track Listing
No. Title Length
1. "Spillane" 25 12
2. "Two-Lane Highway Preacher Man/White Line Fever/Nacogdoches Gumbo/East Texas Freezeout/San Angelo Release/Rollin' To Killeen/Blowout/Devil's Highway/Midnight Standoff/Marchin' For Abilene" 13 30
3. "Two-Lane Highway Hico Killer/Long Mile To Houston" 4 46
4. "Forbidden Fruit Variations For Voice String Quartet And Turntables " 10 20
Personnel
1 - "Spillane" 25 12 Recorded June/August 1986 And Mixed August 1987 By Don Hünerberg At NBC Radio City Studios New York City
Written And Arranged By John Zorn In Collaboration With Anthony Coleman - Piano Organ Celeste
Carol Emanuel - Harp
Bill Frisell - Guitar
David Hofstra - Bass Tuba
Bob James - Tapes Compact Discs
Bobby Previte - Drums Percussion
Jim Staley - Trombone
David Weinstein - Sampling Keyboards
John Zorn - Alto Saxophone Clarinet
John Lurie - Voice Of Mike Hammer
Robert Quine - Voice Of Mike Hammer's Conscience
Original Texts By Arto Lindsay And Uncredited Vocals "Two-Lane Highway" 18 16 2 - Preacher Man/White Line Fever/Nacogdoches Gumbo/East Texas Freezeout/San Angelo Release/Rollin' To Killeen/Blowout/Devil's Highway/Midnight Standoff/Marchin' For Abilene 13 30 3 - Hico Killer/Long Mile To Houston 4 46 Recorded June 1987 And Mixed August 1987 By Don Hünerberg At NBC Radio City Studios New York City
Conceived And Arranged By John Zorn For Albert Collins In Collaboration With Albert Collins - Guitar Voice
Robert Quine - Guitar
Big John Patton - Organ
Wayne Horvitz - Piano Keyboards
Melvin Gibbs - Bass
Ronald Shannon Jackson - Drums
Bobby Previte - Drums Percussion
4 - "Forbidden Fruit" Variations For Voice String Quartet And Turntables 10 20 Recorded September 1987 At Russian Hill Recording San Francisco By Howard Johnston And At Metal Box Studio Tokyo By Ono Seigen. Mixed September 1987 By Ono Seigen At CBS Roppongi Studios Tokyo.
Written And Arranged By John Zorn In Collaboration With Kronos Quartet
David Harrington - Violin
John Sherba - Violin
Hank Dutt - Viola
Joan Jeanrenaud - Cello
Christian Marclay - Turntables
Hiromi Ōta - Voice
Original Texts By Reck
Credits
Produced By John Zorn
Two-Lane Highway Produced By John Zorn And David Breskin
Mastering Robert C. Ludwig
Art Direction And Design Carin Goldberg
Executive Producer Robert Hurwitz
Thanks To David Breskin Yale Evelev Peter Clancy Jennifer Keats David Bither Bruce Iglauer Hilton Weinberg Andy Haas Kondo Toshinori Azuma Eiichi The Shifting Foundation
Albert Collins Appears Courtesy Of Alligator Records
On The Cover Shishido Joe In Kuchibue Ga Nagareru Minato Machi Courtesy Of Nikkatsu
Visit Hip's Road In Harajuku Tokyo Japan

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