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updated 10/11/2003

MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Live At Tonic 2001 [2CD Set] (Tzadik 7334; USA) You can always expect the unexpected to happen at a Masada concert, but when Masada plays at its home base Tonic, in the heart of New York's Lower East Side everything just shoots right off the scale. One of the most exciting live bands performing two of their most incredible live sets ever to an electrically charged packed house at the most important new club for new music in the world. Nights like this are what New York is all about. One magical evening on two CDs - over two hours of music! Joey Baron: drums Dave Douglas: trumpet Greg Cohen: bass John Zorn: saxophone. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $20.00 STOCK

MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Live in Jerusalem 1994 [2 CD Set] (Tzadik 7322; USA) Every working band has magical nights ? nights when everything fits together and the music takes off into the stratosphere. The MASADA LIVE series documents these unforgettable concerts recorded in venues around the world, bringing these rare special moments to you in beautiful 2 CD packages. This first set presents Masada's historic visit to Israel, their first appearance at the world famous Jerusalem Festival. A very special moment in the life of one of the most exciting jazz groups working today. This is MASADA at their very best. Dave Douglas: trumpet John Zorn: saxophone Greg Cohen: bass Joey Baron: drums. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $20.00 STOCK

MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Live In Middleheim 1999 (Tzadik 7326; USA) Crossing the Atlantic to meet in Belgium for the first time in almost six months, and going their separate ways less than twenty hours later, Masada's concert in Middleheim was under pressure from the beginning. Reaching full-out intensity in the first thirty seconds of their very first piece, this is Masada at their wildest?simultaneously out of control and yet intensely focused like a laser beam. "I felt like a squirrel being dragged behind a Mack truck." ? Greg Cohen. Beautifully recorded by the Belgian radio. Joey Baron: drums Dave Douglas: trumpet Greg Cohen: bass John Zorn: saxophone. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Live In Sevilla 2000 (Tzadik 7327; USA) Beautifully recorded by Sevilla's La Tirana recording unit just two months ago, Masada's concert in Sevilla is a remarkable string of special moments from beginning to end?a perfect balance of mind, heart and balls. Intense, tender, beautiful, exhilarating, over the top, featuring plenty of the telepathic group interaction and attention to detail that has become Masada's trademark and some outrageous solo excursions by all four members, (including a show-stopping seven minute drum solo by Joey Baron), this is a must-have for all fans of acoustic jazz and one of Masada's best concerts ever. Joey Baron: drums Dave Douglas: trumpet Greg Cohen: bass John Zorn: saxophone. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Live In Taipei 1995 [2 CD Set] (Tzadik 7323; USA) Of all the concerts Masada has performed in the past six years, their run in Taipei stands out as perhaps their most exciting. Everyone was on fire during those nights and the excitement generated by the audience seemed to feed the band to a magical level of creativity and inspiration. Masada's live shows have become legendary, but none more than these three extraordinary shows recorded at Crown Theater in Taiwan's capital city of Taipei. An absolutely essential document of one of the world's most exciting working bands. Dave Douglas: trumpet John Zorn: saxophone Greg Cohen: bass Joey Baron: drums. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $20.00 STOCK

MASADA [JOHN ZORN'S] - Masada First Live 1993 (Tzadik 7337; USA) This was Masada's very first gig [John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron] at the old Knit during the 'Month of Zorn' festival in September of 1993, before Zorn had even chosen a name for them - they were known as the Thieves Quartet after a movie that Zorn had scored by the same name. Well recorded and erupting with fire, passion and inventive spirits - this shows that they had that magic right from the beginning - a diamond in the rough!. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

NAKED CITY [JOHN ZORN'S] - Black Box [2 CD Set] (Tzadik 7312; USA) A specially-priced double-CD reissue, Black Box couples two of Zorn's most exteme and violent creations with the controversial music and artwork intact. Torture Garden (1991) presents Naked City's intense and groundbreaking music combining free jazz, bebop, r&b, country, funk, rockabilly, surf, metal hardcore and grindcore -- usually in the same song! This avant supergroup has influenced scores of bands including Mr. Bungle, Dim Sum Clip Job and the Boredoms (whose singer YamantakaEye is a featured guest on these two albums). The rare, seldom-heard, Leng Tch'e (1992), released only in Japan, and long out-of-print, features Naked City in an agonizingly slow, brutal 32-minute assault. Naked City: John Zorn: alto saxophone, vocals Fred Frith: bass Bill Frisell: guitar Wayne Horvitz: keyboard Joey Baron: drums Yamantaka Eye: vocals. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $20.00 STOCK

NAKED CITY [JOHN ZORN'S] - Live vol. 1: Knitting Factory 1989 (Tzadik 7336; USA) After over ten years, Tzadik is finally releasing an exciting series of live recordings by one of the most unique and infamous bands ever: Naked City. Featuring Bill Frisell, Fred Frith, Wayne Horvitz and Joey Baron this was a true downtown supergroup brought together to realize John Zorn's twisted compositional vision combining jazz, movie soundtracks, rock, rhythm and blues, hardcore punk, cartoon music, country and western and just about everything imaginable?often all in the same piece! This first volume is a beautifully recorded document of the band early on, performing live at the club that served as home base from their very first concert series in 1988 to their very last in 1993. Captured here performing the repertory of their legendary first recording many months before they entered the studio, this is Naked City at its gritty/fast changing best. New solos, wilder improvisations and some original compositions and covers that never appeared on disc make this an absolute must for all the Naked City fans around the world. John Zorn: alto saxophone Bill Frisell: guitar Wayne Horvitz: keyboards Fred Frith: bass Joey Baron: drums. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

PAINKILLER [JOHN ZORN/BILL LASWELL/MICK HARRIS] - Live in Nagoya: Talisman (Tzadik 7342; USA) Bringing together three of the most voracious and energetic musical minds in new music, John Zorn, Bill Laswell, and Mick Harris, PainKiller was one of the most intense live bands ever. Here they are captured at their absolute peak. Culminating their legendary 1994 tour of Japan in a masterful set featuring one of their longest and most inspired improvisations, the thirty-five minute Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia. Beautifully recorded by the unsung fourth member of the group sound engineer Oz Frith and packaged in deliriously original artwork, Talisman is a long awaited new release by one of the most original and unique sax/bass/drum trios in musical history. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

PAINKILLER [JOHN ZORN/BILL LASWELL/MICK HARRIS] - Painkiller: Collected Works [4CD Set] (Tzadik 7317; USA) An historical reissue released in cooperation with Earache Records. Out of print for years - with most of the material being released domestically for the first time. PainKiller is Bill Laswell, Mick Harris & John Zorn, and this special 4CD package is the ultimate PainKiller document: the complete studio recordings, with all of the original booklets and artwork intact - uncensored and uncompromising, from their classic first release of 1991 Guts Of A Virgin, to Buried Secrets (featuring members of Godflesh) and their 1994 masterpiece Execution Ground. In addition to all of their blistering studio pieces and extended ambient remixes is included a ferocious live performance from Osaka, Japan[ the 3rd disc from the Japanese editon of Execution Ground) that captures the band at the height of its powers, and"Marianne" previously available only on the Japanese CD by Makigami Koichi, 'Koroshi NoBlues'. Drawing equally from the tradition of jazz, hardcore punk, dub, ambient and much more, PainKiller has created some of the most intense music you're ever likely to hear, enclosed in some of the most deliriously beautiful artwork you're ever likely to see. John Zorn: alto sax, vocals Bill Laswell: basses, samples Mick Harris: drums, samples, vocals Yamataka Eye: vocals Justin Broderick: guitar, drum machines G.C. Green: bass on Marianne: Makigami Koichi: vocals Haino Keiji: guitar. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $48.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Archery [3 CD Set] (Tzadik 73164; USA) Orchestral music from another dimension. Often fetching prices well over $100, the 1981 LP release of Archery is one of the most sought-after collector's items in the Zorn catalog. Leading the way towards Zorn's most well known and oft-performed composition Cobra, Archery is Zorn's first large scale game piece and features an incredible all-star band, including, among others: Eugene Chadbourne, Bill Laswell, George Lewis, Bob Ostertag, Kramer, Tom Cora, Wayne Horvitz and of course the composer himself on saxophone and duck calls. Available here in a newly remastered edition, complete with the original notes, inserts, session photos and over an hour of newly discovered outtakes. "More than anything else, this music brings to mind the unpredictability, the life and death tension of combat in the jungles of Vietnam." - Retired US Army Colonel in a letter to John Zorn, ca. 1981 Robert Dick George Lewis John Zorn Anthony Coleman Wayne Horvitz Mark Kramer Eugene Chadbourne Bill Horvitz Bill Laswell Polly Bradfield Tom Cora David Moss Mark Smith . ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $36.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Bribe (Tzadik 7320; USA) Written a few months after the session that created one of Zorn's most influential compositional masterpieces "Spillane," The Bribe is a major new discovery in the Zorn ?uvre. Recorded in the same style as "Spillane," with the same engineer, and very close to the same ensemble, these cues are not unlike an extended version of that classic piece. Created originally for three thirty minutes radio plays produced by Mabou Mines theater company back in 1986, this exciting music features lush moody orchestrations, swinging jazz, hard rock, groovy funk, noise, improvisations, exotic ambience and much, much more. With all the music squeezed onto one extended CD (over 76 minutes), The Bribe is one of Zorn's most eclectic and stimulating releases. Marty Ehrlich: reeds Jim Staley: trombone Zeena Parkins: harp Robert Quine: guitar Anthony Coleman: piano Wayne Horvitz: organ Christian Marclay: turntables David Hofstra: bass Bobby Previte: percussion Reck: rhythm guitar Carol Emanuel: harp Ikue Mori: drum machines John Zorn: alto sax. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Cartoon S/M [2 CD Set] (Tzadik 7330; USA) Passionate performances of John Zorn's exciting chamber music by some of the greatest European classical masters. Divided into light and dark, with one CD of quirky cutup compositions influenced by (among many other things) cartoon music and another from Zorn's S/M "Torture Garden" period. Both CDs conclude with different versions of Zorn's Jewish standard Kol Nidre including the world premiere recording of his version for clarinet quartet. Beautifully produced by Dutch master musicologist Gert-Jan Blom. The Mondriaan Quartet The Asko Ensemble with Stephen Ashbury conducting Tomoko Mukaiyama Arnold Marinissen Rick Huls Ina Hesse Niek Wijns Erno Hartsuiker. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $20.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Classic Guide To Strategy (Tzadik 7305; USA) John Zorn's infamous solo music for saxophone and duckcalls bring together his obsessive love for cartoon music, free jazz and musique concr?te in a passionate and astonishing heterophony. The maverick composer, arranger and saxophonist first came to prominence in the early '80's as an improviser. Using self-invented techniques, bizarre effects and unusual tools, Zorn created his own personal instrumental language - instantly recognizable and still breathtaking over a decade later. Two long-out-of-print albums from 1981 and 1985, now on CD fro the first time. Two records on a single disc - you can't afford not to buy it! "This music is both exhilarating and frightening. Although the musical ideas can be traced back to earlier recordings such as Mikhail Zoetrope and up to more recent works such as my duos with Yamantaka Eye this stuff still sounds like it's coming from outerspace." - John Zorn "John Zorn offers us a new view of reed music; it demands our attention." - Evan Parker . ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Cobra (Tzadik 7335; USA) (This is Volume 2 in the 'John Zorn's Game Pieces' subseries) One of the most often performed compositions in new music, the Cobra phenomenon lives on into the 21st Century with continuous monthly performances in Japan, Europe, Australia and the United States. Under the direction of the composer himself this newest recording gives Zorn's infamous game piece a startling new reading by some of downtown New York's leading improvisers. Cobra is never really Cobra without Zorn himself at the helm?and here the music takes some surprising turns that even he never expected. A 21st Century update of a 21st Century classic. John Zorn: prompter Susie Ibarra: drums Cyro Baptista: percussion Derek Bailey: guitar Erik Friedlander: cello Mark Feldman: violin Jennifer Choi: violin Sylvie Courvoisier: piano Jamie Saft: keyboards Ikue Mori: laptop computer Annie Gosfield: sampler Marcus Rojas: tuba Josh Roseman: trombone Mark Dresser: bass Trevor Dunn: bass . ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Elegy (Tzadik 7302; USA) Originally released in Japan in 1992, Elegy, one of Zorn's most important compositions, creates a mysterious world of erotic perversion. Like Spillane, Elegy is an album-length "file-card" composition, this time drawing inspiration from the writings of Jean Genet, and features an unusual collection of some of San Francisco's most interesting musicians. Barbara Chaffe: alto and bass flute David Abel: viola Scummy: guitar David Shea: turntables David Slusser: sound effects Mike Patton: voice. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks I (Tzadik 7314; USA) For Zorn, filmscores have always been a place to experiment and the FilmWorksSeries is in many ways a microcosm of his output. This original installment of the FilmWorks Series presents three scores ranging from punk-rockabilly (featuring the nasty guitars of Bob Quine, Marc Ribot and Arto Lindsay); a jazzy Bernard Herrmann fantasy; to a quirky classical/improv/world music amalgam for Raul Ruiz's bizarre film The Golden Boat. Zorn's infamous one minute arrangement of Morricone's classic The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, is included as a bonus track. Out of print for several years these classic recordings are made available here with the original cover art intact. This is the place where it all began. John Zorn: alto sax Robert Quine: guitar Bill Frisell: guitar Fred Frith: bass Wayne Horvitz: hammond organ David Weinstein: keyboards Carol Emanuel: harp Robert Previte: drums, percussion, vocal, vibes, timpani, orchestra bells Shelley Hirsch: voice Marty Ehrlich: tenor sax, clarinet Tom Varner: french horn Jim Staley: trombone David Hofstra: bass Nana Vasconcelos: brazilian percussion Anthony Coleman: piano, organ, celeste, harpsichord Arto Lindsay: guitar, vocals Melvin Gibbs: bass Anton Fier: drums Ned Rothenberg: bass clarinet Vicki Bodner: oboe David Shea: turntable, vocals Mark Dresser: bass Cyro Baptista: brazilian percussion. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks II: Music For an Untitled Film By Walter Hill (Tzadik 7306; USA) The Tzadik Archival Series presents long out-of-print reissues and music never previously released from the Zorn vaults. This long-awaited second volume in a continuing retrospective of his soundtracks for film features a dark and brooding work, exquistely recorded for a then untitled Walter Hill film. (Studio heads rejected the score over Hill's objection; an alternative score was recorded by Ry Cooder and Jon Hassell for the finally released film "Trespass") A film fanatic since his youth, cinema has always been a central element in Zorn's life and work. In the past ten years he has scored for the images of many directors from the famous (Godard, Cronenberg, Walter Hill) to the infamous (Raul Ruiz, Maria Beatty, Hiroki Ryuichi). All Music by John Zorn. Cyro Baptista: brazilian percussion Anthony Coleman: prepared piano, keyboards Carol Emanuel: harp Andy Haas: didjeridu Jim Pugliese: percussion Marc Ribot: guitar, banjo David Shea: turntables, sampler . ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks III: 1990-1995 (Tzadik 7309; USA) From the fragmented cut-ups of Zorn's long-form compositions and the short intense blasts of Naked City's Torture Garden, Zorn forged a name for himself as a musical miniaturist - Filmworks III contains 25 cues commissioned by Portland's vanguard advertising agency Weidman & Kennedy for 15-to-60 second TV commercials directed by, among others, Godard, Cronenberg, Sven Nykquist, and Industrial Light & Magic. This star-studded spectacular includes the first recordings by the band that would later become Masada, a bizarre Zorn/Ribot duo, and nine rediscovered demo tracks for Zorn's rara avis: the soundtrack to the Japanese cartoon Cynical Hysterie Hour. However, the coup de gr?ce is a series of cues commissioned by Portland's vanguard advertising agency Weiden & Kennedy for TV commercials directed by, among others, Godard, Cronenberg and Sven Nykvist. John Zorn: alto saxophone with Bill Frisell Peter Scherer Guy Klucevsek Christian Marclay Bobby Previte Arto Lindsay Bill Laswell Ikue Mori Robert Quine Chris Wood Sim Cain and many more. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks IV (Tzadik 7310; USA) Volume 4 in Zorn's acclaimed and best-selling Filmworks series focuses on his work in the intriguing S&M film genre. Zorn's relationship with the S&M film community has sparked controversy, but the films he's been involved with have been screened by such respected establishments as the New York Film Festival, Asia Society, and the Sundance Festival. Included here are a solo sampler composition for Mn Sarah's A Lot Of Fun For The Evil One, a hypnotic trance piece for KimSu Theiler's Pueblo, a suite and variations for solo piano from Hiroke Yuichi's Japanese porno film Mauguy (Sadistic City), an unusual sound-design for Lebanese writer Jalal Toufic's experimental documentary Credits Included, and the score for Maria Beatty's Elegant Spanking, which was a blueprint for Zorn's extended composition Redbird (Tzadik 7008). John Zorn: keyboards, sound-design with Robert Quine Marc Ribot Cyro Baptista Anthony Coleman Jim Pugliese Joey Baron Chris Wood Kurodo Kyoko Jill Jaffee Carol Emanuel Erik Friedlander. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy (Tzadik 7307; USA) Forty-eight sound cues for Japan's leading gay porno director, Oki Hioyuki. Featuring Robert Quine, Marc Ribot and Cyro Baptista, John Zorn mixes together world beat, surf music, hard rock, ambient industrial noise, classical, jazz and just about every other genre you can think of in a bizarre sound world for an equally bizarre film. John Zorn: alto saxophone, prepared piano, samples Robert Quine: guitar Marc Ribot: guitar Cyro Baptista: percussion . ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks VI: 1996 (Tzadik 7308; USA) Three very different scores for three very different films all recorded in the first months of 1996. Happy-go-lucky surf rock grooves, modern classical improvisational madness and a dark electro-acoustic construct using the sounds of water, fire and wind recorded for an erotic film noir S/M fantasy. Music from Dina Waxman's Anton, Mailman, Henry Hills' Mechanics Of The Brain, and Maria Beatty's The Black Glove. John Zorn: alto saxophone, sound effects Marc Ribot:guitar Greg Cohen bass Cyro Baptista: percussion Mark Feldman: violin Erik Friedlander: cello Ikue Mori: drum machines . ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour (Tzadik 7315; USA) The holy grail of Zornthologists is finally available in a newly remastered definitive edition. Released in Japan for only a few short months in 1990, this is the original music Zorn created for a set of four animated shorts by one of Japan's most endearing cartoonists: Kiriko Kubo. A long time champion of Warner Bros. cartoon composer Carl Stalling, Zorn considers this to be his finest and most personal take on cartoon music to date, a genre that has influenced him deeply. The all-star band includes Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, Arto Lindsay, Robert Quine, Wayne Horvitz, Bobby Previte and Cyro Baptista. All music composed and arranged by John Zorn Bill Frisell: electric guitar, banjo Carol Emanuel: harp Wayne Horvitz: keyboards Christian Marclay: turntables Kermit Driscoll: acoustic and electric bass Cyro Baptista: brazilian percussion Bobby Previte: drums, percussion Robert Quine: electric guitar Marc Ribot: electric guitar, banjo Arto Lindsay: electric guitar Peter Scherer: keyboards David Hofstra: acoustic and electric bass Jill Jaffe: violin, viola Maxine Neuman: cello Ikue Mori: drum machine Kiriko Kubo: vocal. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks VIII (Tzadik 7318; USA) Zorn's Masada music has never sounded as beautiful or as evocative as in this recording originally created for "Port Of Last Resort" - a film documentary about the Jewish refugees who escaped Nazi Germany by resettling to Shanghai. Augmenting the exciting Masada String Trio with the sensual pipa of Min Xiao-Fen, the versatile guitar of Marc Ribot and the ivory touch of Anthony Coleman's piano stylings, this music blends Jewish and Chinese themes in a way both touching and fresh. Also included is an exotic all-percussion score for Ela Troyano's quirky gay porno film "Latin Boys Go To Hell," featuring the bizarre sonorities and driving rhythms of Cyro Baptista and Kenny Wollesen. All music composed and arranged by John Zorn Mark Feldman: violin Erik Friedlander: cello Greg Cohen: bass Marc Ribot: guitars Min Xiao-Fen: pipa Anthony Coleman: piano Cyro Baptista: percussion Kenny Wollesen: drums, vibes, percussion. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks IX: Trembling Before G-D (Tzadik 7331; USA) Zorn's first soundtrack in three years is a dark and moody setting for a controversial documentary about the Gay Hasidic community. The score for Trembling Before G-d features two of the most inventive and creative musicians out of the burgeoning Brooklyn scene: Jamie Saft on organ and piano and Chris Speed on clarinet, with a special guest appearance by Filmworks regular Cyro Baptista. Over sixty minutes of beautiful and haunting Jewish music, including several pieces from Zorn's popular book of Masada compositions. Jamie Saft: organ, piano Chris Speed: clarinet Cyro Baptista: percussion John Zorn: voice (track 6). ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks X: In The Mirror of Maya Deren (Tzadik 7333; USA) Hypnotic, sensual and evocative music for Martina Kudlacek's brilliant and detailed documentary on the life and work of underground film legend Maya Deren. Mixing myth and ritual with avant-garde dance and film techniques, Maya forged a creative language that continues to resound in the very best of today's experimental artists. The music here moves from nostalgia to mystery, capturing the many moods of Maya's life and art. Performed by Erik Friedlander, Jamie Saft and Cyro Baptista, In the Mirror of Maya Deren also features the unique piano stylings of John Zorn over three dreamy string arrangements. From Klezmer to classical, Haitian drumming to Indonesian gamelan, easy listening to minimalism, this score is one of Zorn's most beautiful and touching listening experiences. Erik Friedlander: cello Jamie Saft: piano, organ, wurlitzer Cyro Baptista: percussion John Zorn: piano (1,7,13,15), percussion (4,7) . ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks XI: 2002 Vol I: Under the Wing (Tzadik 7339; USA) Featuring the Masada String Trio (Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander & Greg Cohen), Jamie and Vanessa Saft. The Masada String Trio are both incredible musicians and the perfect interpreters of Zorn's growing body of superb and endearing music. Their magical rapport is at its best in this immensely haunting score for Aviva Slesin's documentary on Jewish children hidden from the Nazis during Shoah. Transcendent orchestral arrangements, mesmerizing lyricism plus a handful of unrecorded new Masada tunes make this one of John Zorn's most memorable film scores yet.. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks XII: 2002 Vol II: Three Documentaries (Tzadik 7340; USA) Featuring Marc Ribot, Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander, Min Xiao-Fen, Trevor Dunn, Jennifer Charles, Jamie & Vanessa Saft and John Zorn. Mr. Zorn recorded three very different soundtracks for three documentaries during a short span in March & April of this year. Segments of minimalism are woven into the score of Charles Dennis' film on NY's east village dance scene; tender, haunting and childlike music was used for outsider artist Morton Barlett's film and Marc Ribot collaborates amazingly on acoustic guitar with pipa virtuoso Min Xiao-Fen on a film about the Shaolin Monks who have come to America to spread the teachings of Buddha through martial arts. Mr. Zorn continues to astonish his fans old and new, with the beauty, depth and never-ending search for an ever-evolving vision for his vast filmworks series. . ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks XIII: 2002 Vol 3: Invitation To A Suicide (Tzadik 7341; USA) 2002 proves to be a watershed year for Zorn, with this being his fifth film score in three months. Here, a taste of Ennio Morricone, Astor Piazzola, French musette and Nino Rota make up what is perhaps his greatest film score to date. At times bizarre, haunting, exhilarating and powerful, the lush sonorities of this dynamic group (Rob Burger, Marc Ribot, Erik Friedlander, Trevor Dunn, Kenny Wollesen) will surprise you as much as it did Zorn himself. A romantic new lyricism. A remarkable new direction. Unexpected, inevitable and absolutely essential.ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Filmworks XIV: Hiding and Seeking (Tzadik 7343; USA) In a Martin Denny mold, Zorn has created a beautiful and exotic soundtrack with lyricism and a wry sense of humor. Scored for classical guitar, vibraphone, Brazilian percussion, acoustic bass and voice, and performed by an all-star unit from Zorn?s exciting band Electric Masada, this is one of the most delightful additions to the popular FilmWorks series. Also features backing vocalist from the Smokey and Miho/Cibo Mato groups, Ganda Suthivarakom. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - First Recordings (Tzadik 7304; USA) A peak into the secret world of a teenage weirdo, revealing the early seeds that developed into the composer's later dementia. Vintage recordings from 1973-74, including a performance on vocal and guitar, a tape collage precursor to the infamous Naked City composition "Speed Freaks," a tribute to jazz great Albert Ayler, a musique concrete film soundtrack inspired by Varese and Antonin Artaud, and a long improvisational performance piece which Zorn calls "the craziest thing I've ever done.". ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Gift (Tzadik 7332; USA) A beautiful and lyrical exploration of surf, exotica, easy listening and world beat, The Gift (3rd in the Music Romance subseries) is an honest and heartfelt offering to music lovers the world over: an invitation to forget about the worries and cares of the world; to sit back and relax. Featuring Marc Ribot (Postizos), Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle), Cyro Baptista (Herbie Hancock), Jamie Saft (Bobby Previte), Joey Baron (Masada) and many special guests, this is the album Naked City fans have been waiting for. A side of John Zorn you've rarely heard, the music of The Gift is both relaxing and stimulating, like feeling perfectly at home in a place you've never been before. John Zorn "for lovers only." Marc Ribot: guitar Jamie Saft: organ, Wurlitzer piano, piano, keyboards Trevor Dunn: bass Cyro Baptista: percussion Joey Baron: drums Jenny Choi: violin Masumi Rostad: viola Raman Ramakishnan: cello Ned Rothenberg: shakubachi Dave Douglas: trumpet Greg Cohen: bass Mike Patton: voice John Zorn: piano, theremin. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Godard/Spillane (Tzadik 7324; USA) Two of Zorn's most influential compositions, one long out of print, now sound better than ever in this newly remastered critical edition, complete with detailed notes, session photos, reminiscences and more. A lot has been written about Zorn's "file card" compositions, of which Godard and Spillane are the first and purest examples. Described as "aural movies," these exciting tributes to the life and work of two of the world's most original and infamous artists feature many of Zorn's most important musical colleagues: Bill Frisell, Fred Frith, Bobby Previte, Anthony Coleman, Christian Marclay, John Lurie, Richard Foreman among others. Essential Zorn from the mid '80s. Also included as a bonus: the rare and delightful Christmas track Blues Noel.. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Hockey (Tzadik 73162; USA) Original recordings from 1980. In a catalog of bizarre oddities, this CD could be the weirdest yet. Written in 1978 the composition Hockey has produced some of the strangest music ever conceived. By limiting each improviser's personal language to five sounds and carrying them through a complex structure of solos, duos and trios, Hockey forces its interpreters to focus on timing, economy and context. Featuring all the music recorded at the original 1980 session (including over twenty minutes of unreleased material) this CD contains both the electric and acoustic versions of this startlingly bizarre piece. John Zorn: gooese, duck and crow calls, clarinet, mouthpiece Eugene Chadbourne: electric guitar, personal effects Wayne Horvitz: amplified piano Bob Ostertag: electronics Polly Bradfield: violin Mark E. Miller: percussion. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - IAO: Music In Sacred Light (Tzadik 7338; USA) The name IAO is Kabbalistically identical to the Beast and his number 666. In the tradition of Zorn's longform studio compositions Godard, Spillane, Elegy, Kristallnacht and Duras, yet completely unique in form and content, IAO is a hypnotic seven-movement suite of Alchemy, Mysticism, Metaphysics and Magic both black and white. Inspired in part by the esoteric works of Aleister Crowley and his magickal disciple, filmmaker Kenneth Anger, the seven movements range from hypnotic exotica, ritualistic percussion and death metal to ambient, electronica and a stunning piece for female chorus. As varied and listenable as The Gift and as perplexing as Songs from the Hermetic Theater, IAO is a major new work by downtown's master of the unexpected. John Zorn Cyro Baptista Mike Patton Bill Laswell Jennifer Charles Jamie Saft Jim Pugliese Greg Cohen Rebecca Moore Beth Hatton . ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Kristallnacht (Tzadik 7301; USA) Recorded in 1993, Kristallnacht is Zorn's most powerful and unforgettable composition. This premiere work of Radical Jewish Culture features a virtuoso ensemble of creative Jewish musicians. Seven movements tell the story of the Jewish experience, survival through the Holocaust, the building of a Jewish state, diaspora Jewry and its attraction and resistance to assimilation, the rise of Jewish nationalism and the ultimate problems of fanatical religiousfundamentalism. Seemlessly combining 12 tone classical composition, improvisation, noise and klezmer, this is a work not to be missed by anyone interested in new trends in modern music. Mark Feldman: violin Marc Ribot: guitar Anthony Coleman: keyboards Mark Dresser: bass William Winant: percussion (on Shtetl and Tzfia) David Krakauer: clarinet, bass clarinet Frank London: trumpet . ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Lacrosse [2 CD Set] (Tzadik 73161; USA) Dating from 1977 Lacrosse contains the first recordings of Zorn's infamous game pieces. Featuring two all-star groups including guitarists Eugene Chadbourne, Henry Kaiser and Davey Williams, the music here sets the tone for much of what was to come?sharp contrasts, block changes, unusual juxtapositions, instrumental virtuosity and a personal approach to composition, improvisation, sound, silence and color. Previously available in the lavish 7-CD box set The Parachute Years, these seminal recordings are now made available in separate issue. The complete sessions on two CDs, including a rare alternative version, outtakes, photos, the original and new liner notes and more. Multiple versions of the same piece highlight the versatility of Zorn's approach to composing for improvisers. These are the recordings that prompted the critics to ask "Just what is John Zorn's Theatre of Musical Optics and why is it pertinent to these discs?" John Zorn: alto saxophone Mark Abbott: electronics Polly Bradfield: violin, viola, electric violin Eugene Chadbourne: acoustic and electrc 6-strings, 12 strings, dobro, tiple LaDonna Smith: violin, viola Davey Williams: banjo, hollow body electric guitar Henry Kaiser: electric guitar Bruce Ackley: soprano saxophone. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $20.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Locus Solus (Tzadik 7303; USA) Originally released as a double album on Rift in 1983, then rereleased with extra tracks in Japan in 1990, the explorative rock trios of Locus Solus provided the blueprint for what was eventually to become Painkiller. Featuring pivotal Downtown luminaries Arto Lindsay (DNA, Ambitious Lovers), Anton Fier (Golden Palominos), Ikue Mori (DNA), Wayne Horvitz (Pigpen), Peter Blegvad (Slapp Happy, Art Bears), Christian Marclay, Whiz Kid and M.E. Miller, these influential recordings are as exciting today as all the other new crap on Tzadik, if not moreso. Arto Lindsay: guitar and vocals M.E. Miller: drums John Zorn: alto and soprano saxaphones, clarinets, game calls. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Music for Children (Tzadik 7321; USA) Music For Children is the first in the 'Music Romance' series of quirky collections that show Zorn's compositional genius at its most eclectic. 3 short never-heard-before Naked City compositions (written at the time of Torture Garden) performed by Zorn with the scorching Boston-based band Prelapse; a 20-minute electro-acoustic excursion for 3 wind machines and 2 controlled feedback systems dedicated to Edgar Varese, and a virtuosic classical chamber piece for violin, percussion and piano brilliantly performed by the award-winning Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio. These are framed by a poly-rhythmic etude for percussion and celeste and a charming nostalgic lullaby for music box. As one would expect, Zorn's vision of childhood is unlike anyone else's and Music For Children is one of his most provocative recordings. Anthony Coleman: celeste music box Cyro Baptista: percussion/vocals David Abel: violin Julie Steinberg: piano William Winant: percussion Marc Ribot: guitar Erik Friedlander: cello Greg Cohen: bass John Zorn: alto sax, three wind machines and two acoustic feedback systems Prelapse Alex Lacamoire: keyboards Mason Wendell: bass, vocals Dane Johnson: guitar Andy Sanesi: drums Jeff Hudgins: alto sax. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - New Traditions In East Asian Bar Bands (Tzadik 7311; USA) From the lyrical sensuality of Hu-Die (for 2 guitars), the aggressive fireworks of Hwang Chin-Ee (for two drummers) and the mystical ambience of Que Tran (for two keyboards), this album shows yet another side of Zorn's genius for the dramatic and the unexpected. Using the spoken languages of Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese as pure melody, this suite of 3 pieces of twin instruments and narrators is perhaps Zorn's most beautiful creation to date. Ten years in the making, these epic compositions, Zorn's most universally misunderstood pieces, are finally made available on an album. Original texts by Arto Lindsay, My-ung Mi-Kim, and Lin Hejinian. Performed by an all-star collection of the world's most creative improvising instrumentalists. Bill Frisell & Fred Frith : guitars Joey Baron & Samm Bennett: drums Wayne Horvitz & Anthony Coleman: keyboards Zhang Jinglin, Jung Hee Shin, Anh Tran: narrators. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Parachute Years [7 CD Box w/ Pool/ Lacrosse/Hockey/Archery] (Tzadik 7316; USA) Just three short years after his 1973 home recordings Zorn had devised a series of complex game structures that challenged improvisers in ways no one had thought of before. Pulling together influences from classical music (Brown, Cardew, Kagel, Stockhausen) and the AACM (Braxton, Smith, Mitchell) Zorn's scores forged a sound world of striking originallity thanks to the virtuostic brilliance of the musicians he worked with. Issued on a private label in limited editions of 1000 copies, these are the recordings that fucked everyone up in the first place. From 1978-1981, Zorn produced three 2 LP sets of his game compositions for Eugene Chadbourne's Parachute Label. They are included here in a newly remastered edition along with hours of outtakes, rehearsals and other rarities. Among the musicians who rose to the challenge of playing these early esoteric compositions are Robert Dick George Lewis Anthony Coleman Wayne Horvitz Kramer Eugene Chadbourne Bill Horvitz Bill Laswell Polly Bradfield Tom Cora David Moss Mark Smith Charles K. Noyes Bob Ostertag Bruce Ackley Henry Kaiser Lesli Dalaba Mark E. Miller Mark Abbott LaDonna Smith Davey Williams. (Please Note: All Four titles in this box are available separately: Archery [3 CD Set], Lacrosse [2 CD Set], Pool, and Hockey). ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $85.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Pool (Tzadik 73163; USA) This second release from the acclaimed box set The Parachute Years features some of the strangest music ever put to tape. Containing the essential seed that was to grow into Zorn's legendary gamepiece Cobra, the extended composition Pool was a major step in Zorn's compositional development. Featuring electronics wizard Bob Ostertag, percussion madmen Mark E. Miller and Charles K. Noyes (The Toy Killers), the legendary master of noise violin Polly Bradfield and of course the composer himself on sax, clarinets and duck calls, this is one of Zorn's most rigorous and enigmatic game composition. Included as a bonus track is the original test and false start of Archery. Polly Bradfield: violin Mark E. Miller: percussion, contact microphones, vibraphone Charles K. Noyes: percussion, saw, knene Bob Ostertag: electronics John Zorn: alto, soprano saxophones, Bbclarinets, game calls. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Taboo and Exile (Tzadik 7325; USA) Not since the early days of Naked City has there been a CD as remarkably varied and at the same time as enjoyable as Taboo and Exile. Running the gamut of styles from moody exotica, hardcore punk, classical, jazz, surf, world music and more, this second volume of the Music Romance subseries features twelve new Zorn compositions performed by the very best of today's musical visionaries: guitar heroes Marc Ribot, Fred Frith and Robert Quine, bass renegade Bill Laswell, percussion masters Joey Baron, Dave Lombardo and Cyro Baptista, the Masada String Trio and vocalists Mike Patton and Miho Hatori, among others. For lovers of music in all its various mutations. . ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN - Xu Feng (Tzadik 7329; USA) (This is Volume 1 in the 'John Zorn's Game Pieces' subseries) This exciting release initiates a new series (John Zorn's Game Pieces) of CDs documenting the best of John Zorn's infamous game pieces. Composed largely between 1977 and 1989, these pieces harness improvisers in complex compositional formats, combining the unpredictable edge of improvisation with the structural integrity of written composition. Xu Feng was composed immediately after Zorn's most well-known game piece Cobra and is the most dynamic and fast-paced of them all. Intense and violent, and featuring an extraordinary band of Tzadik all-stars, Xu Feng captures the exciting Kung-fu action of the Chinese Martial Arts actress for which the piece is named. Chris Brown: electronics Fred Frith: guitars Dave Lombardo: drums & percussion John Schott: guitars David Slusser: electronics William Winant: drums & percussion. ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN/SATO MICHIHIRO - Ganryu Island (Tzadik 7319; USA) Released in a limited edition on the Yukon label back in 1984 and out of print for well over a decade, Ganryu Island has been hailed as one of the most successful recorded meetings of "East And West." Named after a small island off the coast of Japan where legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro met for the first and last time, John Zorn's meeting with Tsugaru shamisen master Sato Michihiro is at once surprising, dramatic, hilarious and revelatory. The original release plus 5 never-heard-before out-takes altogether presents the historic 1984 session complete on one CD. Sato Michihiro: shamisen John Zorn: reeds . ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK

JOHN ZORN Plays ENNIO MORRICONE - Big Gundown: 15th Anniversary Special Edition (Tzadik 7328; USA) "This is a record that has fresh, good and intelligent ideas. It is realization on a high level, a work done by a maestro with great science-fantasy and creativity. At times my works have been varied from but it doesn't change anything because the pieces are still recognizable. My ideas have been realized not in a passive manner, but in an active manner which has recreated and re-invented what I have done previously for ?lms. Many people have done versions of my pieces, but no one has done them like this." Ennio Morricone. Boasting an incredible all-star lineup of musical masters, The Big Gundown is THE landmark album that first introduced Zorn's wild musical universe to a larger audience, influencing a whole new generation of creative musicians. Newly remastered, this 15th anniversary edition, includes six remarkable bonus tracks recorded especially for this definitive edition now available exclusively from Tzadik. Accompanying this classic pairing of Morricone's brilliant originals and Zorn's exciting arrangements is a fabulous 32 page full color booklet filled with informative notes, movie stills, posters and more. Orvin Aquart Cyro Baptista Tim Berne Big John Patton Laura Biscotto Vicki Bodner Polly Bradfield Anthony Coleman Carol Emanuel Reinaldo Fernandes Anton Fier Duduca Fonseca Bill Frisell Fred Frith Diamanda Galas Melvin Gibbs Jody Harris Shelley Hirsch Wayne Horvitz Bob James Guy Klucevsek Arto Lindsay Christian Marclay Mark Miller Robert Quine Bobby Previte Vernon Reid Marc Ribot Ned Rothenberg Michihiro Sato Luli Shioi Jorge Silva Jim Staley Toots Thielemans David Weinstein Joey Baron Greg Cohen Trevor Dunn Mark Feldman Erik Friedlander Miho Hatori Mike Patton Marc Ribot Jamie Saft . ARCHIVAL SERIES CD $14.00 STOCK