Network Awesome - Sélection de John Zorn

 

Une sélection de vidéo par John Zorn sur le site Network Awesome :

Au programme :
john coltrane and stan getz
link wray playing rumble
toni iordache
serge gainsbourg with france gall
carl stalling cartoon soundtrack
john cage plays water walk
gurdjieff dances
martin denny - quiet village
glenn gould plays bach
velvet underground with jack smith and gerard malanga dancing
harry partch
korla pandit
hosono haruomi
 

A Dreamers Christmas disponible en téléchargement

 

A Dreamers Christmas est déjà disponible en téléchargement sur iTunes.

 

At the Gates of Paradise disponible

 

At the Gates of Paradise est disponible chez DMG.

John Zorn in the Stone

 


 

Concours - Gagnez un vinyle de John Zorn

 

La firme Masterdisk offre de gagner le vinyle The Gentle Side de The Dreamers.
Il faut se rendre sur leur page Facebook, l'aimer et donner le nom d'une pièce qui contient le mot Dream et le nom d'un musicien qui l'a enregistré. Bonne chance à tous !

 

Cyro Baptista & Banquet Of The Spirits @ Sesc Pompéia

 

Vidéo de Cyro Baptista & Banquet Of The Spirits en concert à Sesc Pompéia, São Paulo, Brésil, le 15 septembre. Tzar Tak, titre du volume 17 du Book of Angels de John Zorn :




 

John Zorn's Masada - Ne'eman

 

Masada au festival de jazz de Newport en 2000 :


 

Kiosque Tzadik et Chippy

 

Tzadik/The Stone et Chippy (Heung-Heung Chin, la graphiste de Tzadik), tiendront un kiosque pour vendre leurs produits les 1er, 8 et 15 octobre au Old Essex Street Market (au coin des rues Delancey et Essex, New York), dans le cadre du projet Temporary Services Market. Heung-Heung Chin y sera présente en compagnie de John Zorn.
 

Réédition de Elegy

 

La réédition de Elegy pour son vingtième anniversaire est prévue pour novembre. Extrait de l'annonce :

Back in print after a year in limbo, this new digipack edition includes an expanded booklet beautifully redesigned by Chippy, filled with photos, testimonies and remembrance by the musiciens.

 

John Zorn reçoit un prix en Belgique - Récit

 

Le 12 août dernier, John Zorn recevait le prix Magister Artium Gandensis 2011 de l'Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Gand, en Belgique. Orlo Lasso, un lecteur du Zornographe, était présent et raconte la cérémonie.

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With some of my friends, I was able to attend the ceremony giving the Magister-title to Zorn, at the University of Ghent, Belgium, last month.
It was only the second time that the university gave this Magister-title, the first time for the artists Gilbert and George.
The ceremony was held in an old building of the conservatory of music in Ghent, it was quite charming, a bit like an old opera-house, but with less ornamentations.

It started with the Decan of the University giving a speech in Dutch, which I did not understand, but a friend said it was about the world being in turmoil. Zorn would later in his little speech pick up this theme.
Then a part of the speech was in English, but little about music or Zorn, so this part was a bit weird.
Zorn sat in the middle of the hall, joined by Cyro Baptista and some official people of the university.
Then there was some Film-music from Zorn, played by an ensemble of Clarinet, Violin, Harp, Guitar and Bass. Six colourful arrangements of soundtrack pieces, well done and played. The addition of harp was festive. I recognized some tunes like "Protocols of Zion" and "Shabbos Noir" and "Besos de Sangre".
Afterwards, someone told me that Zorn had asked that a belgian guitar player could arrange and play these pieces.

Then there was a nice and long eulogy on Zorn in English, by the Director. It was well delivered and gave a very good insight into the career and meaning of Zorn's music.

Then Zorn was asked to come up and they showed him "The Golden Book" of Ghent. I could not follow everything they said, but in this book were the signatures of many great persons since hundreds of years back. Zorn laughed when he saw the signature of Napoleon (for real !) and then he signed the book himself.

He was asked to say a few words and he said that indeed the world was in a dark place (dark ages) and that art and music were very important in this period and that they flourished in dark times.
Also he talked about the importance of "community" in his work, referring of course to all the people around him that he inspires and work with and for him.
Zorn received a little statue from a belgian artist. He was very friendly and cooperative and all.
Afterwards there was some more music from a Jazz trio, blending some of their music with free improvisation. Well done !
There was a reception afterwards and we saw Zorn doing an interview for a tv camera and there was a photographer taking pictures.
A lot of people were able to say a few words to Zorn.

The ceremony was filmed by the people of the university so hopefully some videos will become available soon.
Best Regards,
Orlo.

 

Mount Analogue

 

Contrairement à ce qu'on a pu lire ces derniers jours, Mount Analogue ne sera pas publié avec la réédition de Elegy. Cette pièce à venir fera partie de la série des file cards. Avec Cyro Baptista, Brian Marsella, Tim Keiper, Shanir Blumenkranz, Kenny Wollesen.

Drawing inspiration from the life and work of the towering mystic teacher Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, Mount Analogue is one of Zorn’s greatest creations. Taking the form of a mystical journey, the music jumps from one world to another weaving a rich tapestry that blends world music, jazz, contemporary classical and more. Featuring Cyro Baptista’s fabulous quartet Banquet of the Spirits augmented by the brilliant Kenny Wollesen on vibes, this is the fourth volume in Zorn’s mystic series, and a major new extended composition. Described as aural cinema, even after 30 years Zorn's file card pieces have never been equaled. A masterwork!


MAJ : parution prévue en janvier 2012.
 

Painkiller, septembre 2003

 
Extrait audio d'un concert de Painkiller en septembre 2003 :