John Zorn Album Rankings
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3.5884
The violent cover photo (which shows a man after he was shot dead) sets the stage for the rather passionate music on this John Zorn set. ...more about John Zorn
DVD from 12.74
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3.2236
"Godard" and "Spillane" were the two first (and purest) examples of the "file card" composition technique developed by John Zorn and inspired by theater directorRichard Foreman. ...more about John Zorn
15.67
3
2.8541
On this intriguing concept album, altoist John Zorn (who also "sings" and plays harpsichord, game calls, piano, and musical saw) utilizes an odd assortment of open-minded avant-garde players (with a c ...more about John Zorn
DVD from 11.32
4
2.8331
John Zorn teams up with fellow altoistTim Berne, bassistMark Dresserand bothJoey BaronandMichael Vatcheron drums to perform 17Ornette Colemantunes which range chronologically from 1958's "Disguise" to ...more about John Zorn
15.55
5
2.5642
John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94captures Zorn's most famous composition as performed by a group of traditional Japanese musicians led byMakigami Koichi. ...more about John Zorn
15.00
6
2.5600
A compilation of two classical pieces that show off the pretty side of John Zorn, Duras: Duchamp is a tribute to two great artists of the 20th century. ...more about John Zorn
DVD from 11.62
7
2.0791
This project, a soundtrack for the documentary filmIn the Mirror of Maya DerenbyMartina Kudlácek, after the legendary avant-garde director, is perhaps Zorn's most accessible work for film. ...more about John Zorn
DVD from 11.50
8
1.8461
John Zorn first began developing his game-based ideas in 1974 -- which focused on relations between individual musicians, rather than on notes -- inspired by the works of such modern composers asAntho ...more about John Zorn
DVD from 12.11
9
1.8355
There can really be no question at this point: John Zorn is the intellectual renaissance man of our age, the East Village Thomas Jefferson. ...more about John Zorn
DVD from 9.98
10
1.7431
This CD reissue of "Archery" marks a significant looking back in the wake of the compositional and band-leading techniques of John Zorn. ...more about John Zorn
DVD from 34.25
11
1.7389
Written and premiered in 1984, "Cobra" is a classic in the circles of new music, having been performed innumerable times. ...more about John Zorn
DVD from 10.26
12
1.6087
There was a time when the avant-garde seemed manageable. I don't mean to say that it's ever been inclusive. I don't even mean to say that you could listen to it. ...more about John Zorn
DVD from 10.40
13
1.5583
When Rituals made its debut at the Bayreuth Opera Festival in 1998 it violently divided its audience, with half the crowd cheering in approval and the other half booing and heckling all the way to the ...more about John Zorn
DVD from 11.56
14
0.3188
Using his "file card" technique to create the title piece "Spillane" (whereby musical ideas written on note cards form the basis for discreet sound blocks arranged by way of a unifying theme), John Z ...more about John Zorn
89.96
15
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DVD from 15.93
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24.99
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DVD from 16.32
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24.99
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DVD from 10.21
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0.0000
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14.47
39
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DVD from 10.65
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DVD from 9.90
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14.22
49
24.99
50
DVD from 12.94
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0.0000
This captures over an hour's worth of John Zorn's search for the improvised song form. Several lineups from 1983 are documented here. ...more about John Zorn
DVD from 10.70
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DVD from 9.90
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22.99
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DVD from 9.27
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DVD from 9.74
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DVD from 14.85
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0.0000
Film Works 8 contains the scores for two films. First is music for The Port of Last Resort, a documentary about the Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai from 1930s Nazi Germany. ...more about John Zorn
DVD from 9.91
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11.27
60
DVD from 12.64
61
DVD from 8.82
62
0.0000
This CD provides an exceptional overview of the work of John Zorn, as it collects numerous short works which exhibit his groundbreaking methods in structured improvisation known as game pieces, which ...more about John Zorn
DVD from 10.81
63
DVD from 9.54
64
DVD from 11.38
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DVD from 9.87
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DVD from 74.98
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DVD from 16.90
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DVD from 17.06
Music Band Reviews: John Zorn
Band Rankings:
Career Span:
Decade
# Albums
Album Score
1980
5
1.53151990
35
2.07932000
36
1.5740
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
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