John Zorn - The Big Gundown
John Zorn - The Big Gundown [1986]
John Zorn plays the music of Ennio Morricone
APE & MP3 + CUE + LOG | Full artwork | APE = 216 mb | MP3 @ 320 kbps = 111 mb
Jazz / Free Jazz / Avant-Garde / Film Music
Zorn, a cagey veteran of the catch-as-catch-can guerrilla aesthetics of Downtown art, had been set loose in a high-tech recording studio for the first time a few years prior, and the experience had a profound effect on his working methods. The Big Gundown marked the first album-length appearance of his "file card" composing method. Zorn compiled his various thoughts regarding his subject on index cards, and then arranged those into a working roadmap for his band of improvisers, which here included Bill Frisell, Anthony Coleman, Wayne Horvitz, Bobby Previte, Christian Marclay, and many others.
The result is an explosive set of reinterpretations in which Zorn seizes upon elements of the original pieces, fragments them, rearranges them, and intensifies them exponentially. From the dramatic orchestral chimes, thunderous timpani, and startling transitions of the title track to the sexy, breathy "Erotico (The Burglars)" to the bracing martial tattoo of "The Battle of Algiers" and the scorched-earth electric guitar drama of Jody Harris and Robert Quine on "Once Upon a Time in the West," Zorn's extraordinary range pays homage to a seminal influence in a way far more appropriate than mere imitation could be. (Jazziz review)
Tracks:
1. The Big Gundown
2. Peur Sur La Ville
3. Poverty (Once Upon A Time In America)
4. Milano Odea
5. Erotico (The Burglars)
6. Battle of Algiers
7. Gui La Testa (Duck, You Sucker!)
8. Metamorfosi (La Classe Operaia Va In Paradiso)
9. Tre Nel 5000 [John Zorn]
10. Once Upon A Time In The West
Personnel:
John Zorn: alto saxophone, saw, harpsichord, piano, game calls, vocals
Toots Thielemans: whistling, harmonica
Big John Patton: organ
Diamanda Galas: vocals
Vernon Reid: electric guitar
Bill Frisell: electric guitar
Anthony Coleman: piano, harpsichord, organ, vocals
Jim Staley: trombone, bass trombone
Bobby Previte: percussion, tympani, vocals
Arto Lindsay: batucada contractor, electric guitar, vocals
Wayne Horvitz: piano, organ, celeste, electronic keyboards
Luli Shioi: vocals
Shelley Hirsch: vocals
Polly Bradfield: violin
Mark Miller: drums, tympani
Laura Biscotto: sexy Italian vocals
Vicky Bodner: oboe, English horn
Christian Marclay: turntables
Ned Rothenberg: shakuhachi, ocarina, Jew's harp
Michihiro Sato: tsugaru shamisen
David Weinstein: mirage, microcomputer
Jorge Silva: surdo
Reinaldo Fernandes: repique
Duduca Fonseca: caixa
Claudio Silva: pandeiro
Ciro Baptista: cuica
Orvin Aquart: harmonica
Tim Berne: alto saxophone
Bob James: tapes
Anton Fier: drums
Guy Klucevsek: accordion
Carol Emanuel: harp
Fred Frith: electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Jody Harris: electric guitar
Melvin Gibbs: electric bass
Robert Quine: electric guitar
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Download APE (216 mb):
Part 1
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Part 3
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Part 1
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