John Zorn Biography at TopTenREVIEWS

John Zorn Biography

Formed:

September 1953

Genres:

Jazz, Pop, Folk, International, Miscellaneous, Soundtracks, Classical, Classical: Instrumental, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock & Metal, New Age, Children's, Rock, Dance & DJ, Classic Rock, Opera & Vocal Music

Labels:

Avant Records, Diw Records, Dunya, Elektra/asylum Records, Koch Entertainment, Msi Music, Nonesuch Records, Tzadik Records, Tzadik/koch

History:

It is possible to call John Zorn a "jazz" musician, but that would be much too limiting a description. While jazz feeling is present in a good deal of his work, and the idea of improvisation is vitally important to him, Zorn doesn't operate within any idiom's framework, drawing from just about any musical, cultural, or noise source that a fellow who grew up in the TV and LP eras could experience. This eclecticism gone haywire can result in such wildly jump-cutting works as Spillane, whose ...more

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All-time

of 150,416

625
Decades
- 1980s
  
  of 1,416
  
  830
- 1990s
  
  of 7,253
  
  2,741
- 2000s
  
  of 10,629
  
  2,893
Genres
- Classical
  
  of 213
  
  74
- Classical: Instrumental
  
  of 149
  
  38
- Jazz
  
  of 1,948
  
  608
- Miscellaneous
  
  of 2,548
  
  999
- Pop
  
  of 13,696
  
  3,942
- Soundtracks
  
  of 158
  
  12