Hockey (album)
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Hockey is an album by John Zorn
featuring his early "game piece
" composition of the same name. The album, first released on vinyl on Parachute Records in 1980, (tracks 4-9), and later re-released on CD on Tzadik Records
with additional bonus tracks as part of the The Parachute Years Box Set in 1997 and as a single CD in 2002.
or Pool
, also from the same period... The inner workings of the piece are left to the listener's imagination, but the composer suggests a likeness to entertainer Jack Benny
(and to a lesser extent Buster Keaton
). ".
John Zorn
John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
featuring his early "game piece
Game piece
Game piece is a concept of experimental music having its roots with composers Christian Wolff and John Zorn. Game pieces may be considered controlled improvisation An essential characteristic is that there is no pre-arranged sequence of events. They unfold freely according to certain rules, like in...
" composition of the same name. The album, first released on vinyl on Parachute Records in 1980, (tracks 4-9), and later re-released on CD on Tzadik Records
Tzadik Records
Tzadik Records is a record label based in New York City specialising in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by the eclectic composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995; Zorn is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases...
with additional bonus tracks as part of the The Parachute Years Box Set in 1997 and as a single CD in 2002.
Reception
The Allmusic review by François Couture awarded the album 2½ stars stating "Hockey belongs to John Zorn's early works. The piece dates from 1978 and is shorter (in principle) than LacrosseLacrosse (album)
Lacrosse is a double live album by John Zorn. It is made up of different takes his early game piece, "Lacrosse". The first disc is from WKCR in June 1978 where Mark Abbott, Polly Bradfield, Eugene Chadbourne, and LaDonna Smith and Zorn recorded 6 different takes. Takes 3, 4 and 6 were originally...
or Pool
Pool (album)
Pool is an album by John Zorn featuring his early "game piece" composition of the same name. The album, first released on vinyl on Parachute Records in 1980, and later released on CD on Tzadik Records with an additional bonus track featuring a test recording of Archery as part of the The Parachute...
, also from the same period... The inner workings of the piece are left to the listener's imagination, but the composer suggests a likeness to entertainer Jack Benny
Jack Benny
Jack Benny was an American comedian, vaudevillian, and actor for radio, television, and film...
(and to a lesser extent Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...
). ".
Track listing
- "Hockey (Electric Version): Take 1" - 1.13
- "Hockey (Electric Version): Take 2" - 3.13
- "Hockey (Electric Version): Take 3" - 11.32
- "Hockey (Electric Version): Take 4" - 11.23
- "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 2" - 3.43
- "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 4" - 2.14
- "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 11" - 0.55
- "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 13" - 1.02
- "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 1" - 3.10
- "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 3" - 3.16
- "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 5" - 1.08
- "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 6" -1.00
- "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 7" - 1.07
- "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 8" - 0.45
- "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 9" - 1.02
- "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 10" - 1.07
- "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 12" - 1.17
- All compositions by John Zorn
- Recorded at Sorcerer Sound, New York on March 1, 1980
Personnel
- Polly BradfieldPolly BradfieldPolly Bradfield is a violinist from the New York City free improvisation scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Her closest musical associates were Eugene Chadbourne and John Zorn. She also played on records by William Parker and Frank Lowe. Her music career ended when she moved to California...
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