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JOHN ZORN
Switzerland 1986 [no label, 1CD]
Live at the Altes Schlachthaus, Bern, Switzerland; May 25, 1986. Excellent FM broadcast.
In 2000, John Zorn released an album called Hsu Feng, named after a Taiwanese wuxia actress best known for her performances in King Hu’s films. In fact, many of the album’s tracks are named after the King Hu films, such as The Valiant Ones, The Fate Of Lee Khan, Dragon Gate Inn and Hsia Nu (A Touch Of Zen).
Dean McFarlane reviewing the Hsu Feng album at allmusic.com:
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 are among his most highly acclaimed achievements of the ’80s period. These works date from 1977 through 1989 and keep with the tradition of his widely known Cobra works, whereby Zorn harnessed the ferocity of free improvised music, avant-garde, and jazz and fused it with the sensibilities of European modern classical music. Hsu Feng is named after the Chinese kung fu actress and the work is as dramatic, violent, and fast-paced as most of her onscreen appearances.
In 1986, Zorn, as part of The Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet, released Voodoo.
Scott Yanow at allmusic.com noted: “This unusual album is an unlikely success… Zorn creates fairly boppish solos with occasional hints at more advanced improvising techniques.” Rolling Stone quipped: “Here Zorn sounds like he’s having serious fun.”
Thanks to nadir_53 for recording and sharing the tracks at Dime.
Picture posted at sfweekly.com.
Lineage:
Broadcast by Swiss DRS II as “2x John Zorn” - broadcast date unknown.
Original cassette recording from FM radio > wav (by terratec phono preamp studio) > flac
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Hsu Feng
Track 01. Radio Intro 0:28 (791k)
Track 02. Hsu Feng 10:42 (18.0MB)
Track 03. Hsu Feng 4:38 (7.8MB)
Track 04. Hsu Feng 13:21 (22.4MB)
Track 05. Hsu Feng 9:14 (15.5MB)
Track 06. Hsu Feng 8:20 (14.0MB)
Track 07. Radio Outro 0:37 (1.0MB)
48 mins
Hsu Feng:
George Lewis - trombone, voice
Bill Frisell - guitar
Michael Vatcher - drums, perc., voice
Steve Beresford - piano, organ, computer, percussion, trumpet, voice
David Weinstein - synthesizer
Bruno Gattiker - cello
John Zorn - conductor + prompter
Sonny Clark Memorial
Track 08. Radio Intro 0:46 (1.3MB)
Track 09. Sonny Clark Memorial 8:30 (14.3MB)
Track 10. Sonny Clark Memorial 8:29 (14.2MB)
Track 11. Sonny Clark Memorial 10:19 (17.3MB)
Track 12. Sonny Clark Memorial 3:02 (5.1MB)
Track 13. Radio Outro 0:21 (593k)
32 mins
Sonny Clark Memorial Trio:
John Zorn - alt sax
George Lewis - trombone
Bill Frisell - guitar
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