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jackhammer · 04-27-2008, 05:25 PM

4: JOHN ZORN-NAKED CITY

John Zorn is a highly accomplished Jazz musician. He also get's off on Hardcore Punk, Speed Metal and B-movie trash, which automatically ensures his inclusion in the school of cool.

Naked City is a musical mish mash and is as much a musical project as an album. Taking in Avant Garde Jazz musings, Speed Metal bursts and soundtrack homages it set the bar for genre experimentation and sounds supremely original nearly 20 years on.

A brilliantly competent saxophonist, Zorn certainly reveres his Jazz roots but also knows that the secular nature of Jazz is as much of a hindrance than plus point. Naked City fuses two seemingly disparate genres of music and emerges unscathed. Most definitely an acquired taste but compellingly rewarding too.

James Bond theme:

MySpace.com - John Zorn - NEW YORK, New York - Experimental - www.myspace.com/johnzorn

04-27-2008, 05:25 PM	#15 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	4: JOHN ZORN-NAKED CITY John Zorn is a highly accomplished Jazz musician. He also get's off on Hardcore Punk, Speed Metal and B-movie trash, which automatically ensures his inclusion in the school of cool. Naked City is a musical mish mash and is as much a musical project as an album. Taking in Avant Garde Jazz musings, Speed Metal bursts and soundtrack homages it set the bar for genre experimentation and sounds supremely original nearly 20 years on. A brilliantly competent saxophonist, Zorn certainly reveres his Jazz roots but also knows that the secular nature of Jazz is as much of a hindrance than plus point. Naked City fuses two seemingly disparate genres of music and emerges unscathed. Most definitely an acquired taste but compellingly rewarding too. James Bond theme: MySpace.com - John Zorn - NEW YORK, New York - Experimental - www.myspace.com/johnzorn __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”