American saxophonist and composer, born 2 September 1953 in New York City, USA. He owns the Tzadik record label and has worked with a large number of experimental musicians, particularly in improvised music, modern classical music and jazz, though he has produced music in most styles. As a child, he played piano, guitar and flute. He went to college in St. Louis where he discovered free jazz, before dropping out and moving to Manhattan. There he gave concerts in his small apartment, playing a variety of reeds, duck calls, tapes, etc; almost anything. In the mid 1980s he signed to the undefined label. Since then, he has released a very large number of records, usually putting out several each year. Zorn's recorded output includes records by two bands of his own, Masada (a klezmer band playing music that is often described as Jewish jazz) and Naked City (an often aggressive mix of jazz, rock and grindcore). He has also worked with musicians like Bill Frisell, Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Keiji Haino, and Bill Laswell. He has written music for television and film, which has been collected in the ongoing undefined series of records on his undefined label. Some of these are jazz-based, others are classical. He has also written several "game pieces", in which performers are allowed to improvise while following certain structural rules. These works are in the main named after sports, and include Pool, Archery and Lacrosse, as well as Cobra.
Publisher: undefined
2025
Tzadik
2xCD, Album
2024
Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)
4xFile, MP3, 320
2024
Tzadik
CD, Album
2024
Tzadik
CD, Album
2024
Tzadik
CD, Album, Gat
2024
Tzadik
CD, Album
2024
Tzadik
CD, Album
2024
Tzadik
CD, Album
2024
Tzadik
CD, Album
2024
Tzadik
CD, Album
2024
Tzadik
CD, Album
2024
Tzadik
CD, Album
2024
Tzadik
CD, Album
2024
Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)
7xFile, MP3, 320
2024
2023
Tzadik
CD, Album
2023
Tzadik
CD, Album
2023
Tzadik
CD, Album
2023
Tzadik
CD, Album
2023
Tzadik
CD, Album
2023
Tzadik
4xCD, Album + Box, Ltd
2023
Tzadik
CD, Album
2023
Tzadik
CD, Album
2023
Tzadik
CD, Album
2023
Tzadik
CD, Album
2023
Tzadik
CD, Album
2022
Tzadik
CD, Album
2022
Tzadik
CD, Album
2022
Tzadik
CD, Album
2022
Tzadik
CD, Album, Dlx, Ltd
2022
Tzadik
CD, Album
2022
Tzadik
CD, Album
2022
Tzadik
CD, Album
2022
Tzadik
CD, Album
2022
Tzadik, Tzadik, Tzadik, Tzadik
Box, Ltd + 4xCD, Album
2022
Tzadik
CD
2022
Tzadik
CD + DVD-V + Ltd, S/Edition
2022
Tzadik
CD, Album
2021
Not On Label (Bill Laswell Self-Released)
4xFile, MP3, 320
2021
Tzadik
CD, Album
2021
Tzadik
CD, Album
2021
Tzadik
CD, Album
2021
Tzadik, Tzadik, Tzadik, Tzadik
Box, Comp, Ltd + 4xCD, Album
2021
Tzadik
CD, Album
2021
Tzadik
CD, Album
2021
Tzadik
CD, Album
2021
Tzadik
CD, Album
2021
Tzadik, Tzadik, Tzadik, Tzadik
Box, Ltd + 4xCD, Album
2021
Tzadik
CD, Album
2021
Tzadik
CD, Album
2021
Not On Label (George Cartwright Self-released)
4xFile, FLAC
2021
Ictus Records
File, MP3
2021
2020
Tzadik
CD, Album
2020
Tzadik
CD, Album
2020
Tzadik
CD, Album
2020
Tzadik
CD, Album
2020
Tzadik
CD, Album
2020
Tzadik
CD, Album
2020
Tzadik
CD, Album
2020
2019
Tzadik
CD, Album
2019
Tzadik
CD, Album
2019
Tzadik
CD, Album
2019
Tzadik
CD, Album
2019
Tzadik
CD, Album
2019
Tzadik
CD, Album
2019
2019
2018
Tzadik
CD, Album
2018
Tzadik
CD, Album
2018
Tzadik
CD, Album
2018
Tzadik
LP, Comp, Ltd
2018
Tzadik
11xCD, Ltd
2018
Tzadik
CD, Album
2017
Tzadik
CD, Album
2017
Tzadik
CD, Album
2017
Tzadik
CD, Album
2017
Tzadik
CD, Album
2017
Tzadik
CD, Album
2017
Tzadik
CD, Album
2017
Tzadik
CD, Album
2017
2016
Tzadik
CD, Album
2016
Tzadik
CD, Album
2016
Tzadik
CD, Album
2016
Tzadik
CD, Album
2016
Tzadik
CD, Album
2016
Tzadik
CD, Album
2016
Tzadik
CD, Album
2016
Tzadik
CD, Album
2016
Tzadik
CD, Album
2016
Tzadik
CD, Album
2016
2015
Tzadik
CD, Album
2015
Tzadik
CD, Album
2015
Chimera Music, Chimera Music
10", S/Sided, Etch, Ltd
2015
Tzadik
CD, Album
2015
Tzadik
CD, Album
2015
Confront
CDr, Album
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