ABSTRACT
John Zorn is-with the possible exception of Bill Laswell-the most prolific avant-garde composer/ musician active today; his recordings span musique concrete, free jazz, fusion, bebop, hardcore, film soundtrack compositions, world music, and the European classical tradition. In order to document the full breadth of his eclectic experiments, Zorn has recorded for a wide range of independent and European labels as well as Elektra/Nonesuch, issuing albums both as a solo artist and under various group configurations. His collaborators read like a who’s who of cutting-edge art music, jazz, and rock, including Laswell, Derek Bailey, George Lewis, Bill Frisell, Vernon Reid, Fred Frith, Wayne Horovitz, Bobby Previte, Albert Collins, Yamatsuka Eye, and the Kronos Quartet.
