Joey Baron
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Joey Baron is an American avant-garde
jazz drummer
probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell
, Stan Getz
, Steve Kuhn
, and John Zorn
. He has also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
, David Bowie
, Tony Bennett
, Carmen McRae
, Laurie Anderson, John Scofield
, Al Jarreau
, Michael Jackson
, Jim Hall
, Eric Vloeimans
, Dizzy Gillespie
, Art Pepper
, John Abercrombie and Tim Berne
. His own groups he has led include the "Down Home Group", Barondown, Killer Joey, and Eliane Elias
.
With the Toshiko Akiyoshi
With Laurie Anderson
With Tim Berne
With David Bowie
With Dave Douglas
With Mark Feldman
With Bill Frisell
With Fred Frith
With Richard Galliano
With Jim Hall
With Fred Hersch
With Mark Johnson
With Haino Keiji
With Steve Kuhn
With Joe Lovano
With Carmen McRae
With Enrico Pieranunzi
With John Scofield
With John Taylor
With Toots Thielemans
With John Zorn
Avant-garde jazz
Avant-garde jazz is a style of music and improvisation that combines avant-garde art music and composition with jazz. Avant-jazz often sounds very similar to free jazz, but differs in that, despite its distinct departure from traditional harmony, it has a predetermined structure over which ...
jazz drummer
Jazz drumming
Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion in jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz-rock fusion and 1980s-era latin jazz...
probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...
, Stan Getz
Stan Getz
Stanley Getz was an American jazz saxophone player. Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott...
, Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn is an American jazz pianist, composer and trio leader.-Biography:He began studying piano at the age of five and studied under Boston piano teacher Margaret Chaloff, mother of jazz baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff, who taught him the "Russian style" of piano playing. At an early age he...
, and John Zorn
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...
. He has also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Los Angeles Philharmonic
The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. It has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from July through September...
, David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
, Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz....
, Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
Carmen Mercedes McRae was an American jazz singer, composer, pianist, and actress. Considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century, it was her behind-the-beat phrasing and her ironic interpretations of song lyrics that made her memorable...
, Laurie Anderson, John Scofield
John Scofield
John Scofield , often referred to as "Sco," is an American jazz guitarist and composer, who has played and collaborated with Miles Davis, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey Defrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Pat Martino, Mavis Staples, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham,...
, Al Jarreau
Al Jarreau
Alwin "Al" Lopez Jarreau is a seven-time Grammy Award winning jazz singer.- Background :Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, the fifth of six children. His web site refers to Reservoir, Inc., the name of the street where he lived. His father was a Seventh-Day Adventist Church minister and singer, and...
, Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
, Jim Hall
Jim Hall (musician)
James Stanley Hall is an American jazz guitarist.-Biography:Educated at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Hall moved to Los Angeles where he began to attract national, and then international, attention in the late 1950s...
, Eric Vloeimans
Eric Vloeimans
Eric Vloeimans is a Dutch jazz trumpeter.Vloeimans initially studied classical music at the Rotterdam Academy of Music...
, Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz...
, Art Pepper
Art Pepper
Art Pepper , born Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr., was an American alto saxophonist and clarinetist.About Pepper, Scott Yanow of All Music stated, "In the 1950s he was one of the few altoists that was able to develop his own sound despite the dominant influence of Charlie Parker" and: "When Art Pepper...
, John Abercrombie and Tim Berne
Tim Berne
Tim Berne is an American jazz saxophone player and composer.Described by critic Thom Jurek as commanding "considerable power as a composer and ... frighteningly deft ability as a soloist," Berne has composed and performed prolifically since the 1980s...
. His own groups he has led include the "Down Home Group", Barondown, Killer Joey, and Eliane Elias
Eliane Elias
Eliane Elias is a Brazilian jazz pianist, arranger, vocalist and songwriter.-Biography:...
.
As leader
- Tongue in Groove (JMT, 1992)
- RAIsedpleasuredot(New World, 1993)
- Crackshot (Avant, 1995)
- Down Home (Intuition, 1997)
- We'll Soon Find Out (Intuition, 1999)
- Beyond (Auditorium, 2001)
- Venice, Dal Vivo (D'Autres Cordes, 2010)
As sideman
With John AbercrombieJohn Abercrombie (guitarist)
John Abercrombie is an American jazz guitarist, whose work often explores jazz fusion and post bop. Abercrombie has played with Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker...
- Cat 'n' MouseCat 'n' MouseCat 'n' Mouse is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with violinist Mark Feldman, bassist Marc Johnson, and drummer Joey Baron recorded in 2000 and released on the ECM label-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:...
(ECM, 2000) - Class TripClass Trip (album)Class Trip is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with violinist Mark Feldman, bassist Marc Johnson, and drummer Joey Baron recorded in 2003 and released on the ECM label-Reception:...
(ECM, 2003) - The Third QuartetThe Third QuartetThe Third Quartet is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with violinist Mark Feldman, bassist Marc Johnson, and drummer Joey Baron recorded in 2006 and released on the ECM label-Reception:...
(ECM, 2006) - Wait Till You See HerWait Till You See Her (album)Wait Till You See Her is an album by guitarist John Abercrombie with violinist Mark Feldman, bassist Thomas Morgan, and drummer Joey Baron recorded in 2008 and released on the ECM label-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...
(ECM, 2008)
With the Toshiko Akiyoshi
Toshiko Akiyoshi
is a Japanese American jazz pianist, composer/arranger and bandleader. Among a very few successful female instrumentalists of her generation in jazz, she is also recognized as a major figure in jazz composition. She has received 14 Grammy nominations, and she was the first woman to win the Best...
- Tuttie FlutieTuttie FlutieTuttie Flutie is a jazz album recorded by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio with a flute quartet. It was released in 1980 on the Discomate record label.-Track listing:All songs arranged by Toshiko Akiyoshi...
(Discomate, 1980) - European MemoirsEuropean MemoirsEuropean Memoirs is the tenth studio recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band. Akiyoshi was nominated for a 1983 Grammy award in the Best Instrumental Arrangement category for the arrangement of "Remembering Bud" on this album.This would be the final recording of the Los...
(Victor, 1982) with Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big BandToshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big BandThe Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band was a 16 piece jazz big band created by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and tenor saxophone / flutist Lew Tabackin in Los Angeles in 1973. In 1982 the principals moved from Los Angeles to New York city and re-formed the group with new members under the name,... - Toshiko Akiyoshi TrioToshiko Akiyoshi Trio (1983 album)Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio is a jazz trio album recorded by pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in 1983. It was released on the Toshiba / EMI East World record label...
(Toshiba East World, 1983)
With Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson
Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson is an American experimental performance artist, composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s...
- Strange Angels (Warner Bros., 1989)
- Bright RedBright RedBright Red is the title of performance artist Laurie Anderson's sixth album, released by Warner Bros. in 1994.The album continues the more pop-oriented direction Anderson launched with Strange Angels...
(Warner Bros., 1994) - The Ugly One with the JewelsThe Ugly One with the JewelsThe Ugly One with the Jewels is the title of a primarily spoken-word album released by Laurie Anderson on Warner Bros...
(Warner Bros., 1995) - Life on a String (Elektra Nonesuch, 2001)
With Tim Berne
Tim Berne
Tim Berne is an American jazz saxophone player and composer.Described by critic Thom Jurek as commanding "considerable power as a composer and ... frighteningly deft ability as a soloist," Berne has composed and performed prolifically since the 1980s...
- Miniature (JMT, 1988)
- Fractured Fairy Tales (JMT,1989)
- I Can't Put My Finger On It (JMT, 1991)
- Diminutive Mysteries (JMT, 1993)
With David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
- Outside (Arista/BMG, 1995)
With Dave Douglas
- In Our LifetimeIn Our Lifetime (Dave Douglas album)In Our Lifetime is the third album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the New World label in 1995 and features performances by Douglas, Josh Roseman, Chris Speed, Marty Ehrlich, Uri Caine, James Genus and Joey Baron...
(New World, 1994) - StargazerStargazer (album)Stargazer is the eighth album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the Arabesque label in 1997 and features performances by Douglas, Chris Speed, Joshua Roseman, Uri Caine, James Genus and Joey Baron...
(Arabesque, 1996) - Soul on SoulSoul on SoulSoul on Soul is the fourteenth album by trumpeter Dave Douglas and his first on a major label. It was released on the RCA label in 2000 and features performances by Douglas, Chris Speed, Joshua Roseman, Greg Tardy, Uri Caine, James Genus and Joey Baron...
(RCA, 2000) - Freak InFreak InFreak In is the twentieth album by trumpeter Dave Douglas. It was released on the RCA Bluebird label in 2003 and features performances by Douglas, Jamie Saft, Marc Ribot, Karsh Kale, Joey Baron, Romero Lubambo, Brad Jones, Ikue Mori, Seamus Blake, Chris Speed, Craig Taborn, Michael Sarin, with...
(RCA Bluebird, 2003)
With Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973 to 1980, and in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 to 1986. He worked in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. Feldman often works with John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, John Abercrombie, The Masada String Trio, Dave...
- Secrets (Tzadik, 2009)
With Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...
- Lookout for Hope (ECM, 1988)
- Before We Were BornBefore We Were BornBefore We Were Born is the first album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 1989 and features performances by Frisell, Hank Roberts, Kermit Driscoll, and Joey Baron with guest appearances by Arto Lindsay, Peter Scherer, Julius Hemphill, Billy Drewes, Doug...
(Elektra/Musician, 1989) - Is That You?Is That You?Is That You? is the second album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 1990 and features performances by Frisell, Wayne Horvitz and Joey Baron who were also members of Naked City.-Reception:...
(Elektra Nonesuch, 1990) - Where in the World?Where in the World?Where in the World? is the third album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 1991 and features performances by Frisell, Hank Roberts, Kermit Driscoll and Joey Baron.-Reception:...
(Elektra Nonesuch, 1991) - Have a Little FaithHave a Little Faith (Bill Frisell album)Have a Little Faith is the fourth album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 1992 and features performances by Frisell, Don Byron, Kermit Driscoll, Guy Klucevsek and Joey Baron coving a range of American classical and popular music.-Reception:The Penguin...
(Elektra Nonesuch, 1992) - This LandThis Land (album)This Land is the fifth album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 1994 and features performances by Frisell, Billy Drewes, Curtis Fowlkes, Kermit Driscoll and Joey Baron.-Reception:...
(Elektra Nonesuch, 1993) - Go West: Music for the Films of Buster KeatonGo West: Music for the Films of Buster KeatonGo West: Music for the Films of Buster Keaton is the sixth album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 1995 and features performances by Frisell, Kermit Driscoll and Joey Baron...
(Elektra Nonesuch, 1995) - The High Sign/One WeekThe High Sign/One WeekThe High Sign/One Week: Music for the Films of Buster Keaton is the seventh album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 1995 and features performances by Frisell, Kermit Driscoll and Joey Baron...
(Elektra Nonesuch, 1995) - LiveLive (Bill Frisell album)Live is a live album by Bill Frisell released on the Gramavision label. It was released in 1995 and features a performance by Frisell, Kermit Driscoll, and Joey Baron recorded on Recorded 27 October 1991 at Terceros Encuentros de Nueva Musica, Teatro Lope de Vega, Seville, Spain.-Reception:The...
(Gramavision, 1995)
With Fred Frith
Fred Frith
Fred Frith is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor.Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow. Frith was also a member of Art Bears, Massacre and Skeleton Crew...
- AlliesAllies (Fred Frith album)Allies is a studio album by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It is the second of a series of Music for Dance albums Frith made.-Background:...
(RecRec, 1996)
With Richard Galliano
Richard Galliano
Richard Galliano is a French accordionist.-Biography:He was drawn to music at an early age, starting with the accordion at 4, influenced by his father Lucien, an accordionist originally from Italy, living in Nice.After a long and intense period of study Richard Galliano (born December 12, 1950,...
- Laurita (Dreyfus, 1999)
With Jim Hall
Jim Hall (musician)
James Stanley Hall is an American jazz guitarist.-Biography:Educated at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Hall moved to Los Angeles where he began to attract national, and then international, attention in the late 1950s...
- These Rooms (Columbia, 1988)
- Hemispheres (ArtistShare, 2008) with Bill Frisell
- Conversations (ArtistShare, 2009)
With Fred Hersch
Fred Hersch
Fred Hersch is a contemporary American jazz pianist who has become a consistent and highly demanded performer on the international jazz scene....
- Sarabande (SunnySide, 1987)
With Mark Johnson
- Shades of Jade (ECM, 2005)
With Haino Keiji
- An Unclear Trial: More Than This (Avant, 1998)
With Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn is an American jazz pianist, composer and trio leader.-Biography:He began studying piano at the age of five and studied under Boston piano teacher Margaret Chaloff, mother of jazz baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff, who taught him the "Russian style" of piano playing. At an early age he...
- Remembering TomorrowRemembering TomorrowRemembering Tomorrow is an album by pianist Steve Kuhn recorded in 1995 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2 stars stating "most of this set is rather sleepy and melancholy, not living up to the potential of these talented musicians".-Track...
(ECM, 1995) - Mostly ColtraneMostly ColtraneMostly Coltrane is an album by American jazz pianist and composer Steve Kuhn recorded in 2008 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars sating "Mostly Coltrane easily stands out as one of the best CDs among the countless tributes to John...
(ECM, 2008)
With Joe Lovano
Joe Lovano
Joseph Salvatore "Joe" Lovano is a post bop jazz saxophonist, alto clarinetist, flautist, and drummer. Since the late 1980s, Lovano has been one of the world's premiere tenor saxophone players, earning a Grammy award and several nods on Down Beat magazine's critics' and readers' polls...
- Flights of Fancy: Trio Fascination Edition TwoFlights of Fancy: Trio Fascination Edition TwoFLights of Fancy: Trio Fascination: Edition Two is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano recorded in 2000 and released on the Blue Note label. The album is a sequel to Lovano's Trio Fascination: Edition One .-Reception:...
(Blue Note, 2000)
With Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
Carmen Mercedes McRae was an American jazz singer, composer, pianist, and actress. Considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century, it was her behind-the-beat phrasing and her ironic interpretations of song lyrics that made her memorable...
- Live at Ronnie Scott's (Pye, 1977)
With Enrico Pieranunzi
Enrico Pieranunzi
Enrico Pieranunzi is an Italian jazz pianist. He fuses classical technique with jazz.He has performed with, among others, Frank Rosolino, Sal Nistico, Kenny Clarke, Johnny Griffin, Chet Baker, Joey Baron, Art Farmer, Jim Hall, Marc Johnson, Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, Bill Smith, Charlie Haden, Mads...
- New Lands (Timeless, 1984)
- Deep Down (Soul Note, 1986)
- Play Morricone (CamJazz, 2001)
- Current Conditions (CamJazz, 2003)
- Play Morricone 2 (CamJazz, 2003)
- Ballads (CamJazz, 2006)
- Live in Japan (CamJazz, 2007)
- As Never Before (CamJazz, 2008)
With John Scofield
John Scofield
John Scofield , often referred to as "Sco," is an American jazz guitarist and composer, who has played and collaborated with Miles Davis, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey Defrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Pat Martino, Mavis Staples, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham,...
- Grace Under PressureGrace Under Pressure (John Scofield album)-Track listing:All tracks composed by John Scofield#You Bet#Grace Under Pressure#Honest I Do#Scenes From A Marriage#Twang#Pat Me#Pretty Out#Bill Me#Same Axe#Unique New York-Personnel:*John Scofield - electric guitar*Randy Brecker - flugelhorn...
(Blue Note, 1992)
With John Taylor
John Taylor (jazz)
John Taylor is a British jazz pianist; he has occasionally performed on the organ and the synthesiser. He is one of Europe's most celebrated jazz pianists and composers.-Performing career:...
- Rosslyn (ECM, 2003)
With Toots Thielemans
Toots Thielemans
Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans , known as Toots Thielemans, is a Belgian jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his whistling. Thielemans is credited as one of the greatest harmonica players of the 20th century...
- Only Trust Your Heart (Concord, 1988)
With John Zorn
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...
- The Big GundownThe Big Gundown (album)The Big Gundown is an album by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn. It comprises radically reworked covers of tracks by the Italian film composer Ennio Morricone....
(Icon, 1985) - Spy vs SpySpy vs Spy (album)Spy vs Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman is a 1989 album by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn, featuring the compositions of Ornette Coleman performed in the brief intense style of Zorn's hardcore miniatures....
(Elektra/Musician, 1989) - Naked CityNaked City (album)Naked City is an album released on Nonesuch Records in 1990 by John Zorn, featuring the band of the same name. The album was also released as part of Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings on Tzadik Records in 2005....
(Elektra Nonesuch, 1989) with Naked CityNaked City (band)Naked City was an avant-garde music group led by saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Active primarily in New York City from 1988 to 1993, Naked City was initiated by Zorn as a "composition workshop" to test the limits of composition in a traditional rock band lineup... - Torture GardenTorture Garden (album)Torture Garden is an album by John Zorn's band Naked City featuring Yamatsuka Eye on vocals. The album is a compilation of the "hardcore miniatures" that were also released on Naked City and Grand Guignol. Unlike other Naked City albums, there are no breaks between the screaming, the seemingly...
(Shimmy Disc, 1990) with Naked City - Grand GuignolGrand Guignol (album)Grand Guignol is the second full-length studio album released by John Zorn's band Naked City in 1992 on the Japanese Avant label. The album followed Torture Garden, which was a compilation of "hardcore miniatures" from Naked City and Grand Guignol...
(Avant, 1992) with Naked City - HereticHeretic (Naked City album)Heretic is the third studio album by the band Naked City, used as a soundtrack for the underground S/M film Jeux des Dames Cruelles. The album utilises different combinations of band members in duos and trios with the entire band performing together on only one track "Fire and Ice".According to...
(Avant, 1992) with Naked City - Leng Tch'eLeng Tch'e (album)Leng Tch'e is the fourth release from John Zorn's band Naked City. It consists of a single track, running at just over half an hour. It was first released on the Japanese Toys Factory label in 1992...
(Toy's Factory, 1992) with Naked City - RadioRadio (Naked City album)Radio is the fourth studio album by the band Naked City, and their first to be composed entirely by bandleader John Zorn. The album was also released as part of Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings on Tzadik Records in 2005....
(Avant, 1993) with Naked City - AbsintheAbsinthe (album)Absinthe is the final recording from the band Naked City. Unlike the band's other genre-mixing releases, the music on Absinthe is consistently in an ambient and noise style....
(Avant, 1993) with Naked City - Masada: AlefMasada: AlefMasada: Alef, also known as Masada 1, is a 1994 album by American jazz composer and saxophonist John Zorn featuring the Masada Quartet performing compositions inspired by Zorn's examination of Jewish culture...
(DIW, 1994) with MasadaMasada (band)Masada is a musical group with rotating personnel led by American saxophonist and composer John Zorn since the early 1990s.Masada is as much a "songbook" as a group, comprising more than 500 relatively brief compositions... - Masada: BeitMasada: BeitMasada: Beit, also known as Masada 2, is a 1995 album by American jazz composer and saxophonist John Zorn. It is the second album of Masada recordings.-Reception:...
(DIW, 1994) with Masada - Masada: GimelMasada: GimelMasada: Gimel, also known as Masada 3, is a 1995 album by American composer and saxophonist John Zorn released on the Japanese DIW label....
(DIW, 1994) with Masada - Masada Live, NYC, 1994Masada Live, NYC, 1994Masada Live, NYC, 1994 is a live album by American composer and saxophonist John Zorn, namely his Masada project, featuringKenny Wollesen on drums instead of Joey Baron.It was released on Jazz Door in 1995...
(Jazz Door, 1994) - Masada: DaletMasada: DaletMasada: Dalet, also known as Masada 4, is a 1995 album by American composer and saxophonist John Zorn. It is the fourth album of Masada recordings. The original pressing of this album was never available for retail sale as it was given away by DIW in exchange of the proof of buying the first three...
(DIW, 1995) with Masada - Masada: HeiMasada: HeiMasada: Hei, also known as Masada 5, is a 1995 album by American composer and saxophonist John Zorn. It is the fifth album of Masada recordings.-Reception:...
(DIW, 1995) with Masada - Masada: VavMasada: Vav-Track listing:#"Debir" – 8:02#"Shebuah" – 8:09#"Mikreh" – 3:57#"Tiferet" – 4:05#"Nevalah" – 2:10#"Miktav" – 9:40#"Nashon" – 8:37#"Avelut" – 7:31#"Beer Sheba" – 8:50...
(DIW, 1995) with Masada - Filmworks III: 1990–1995 (Toys Factory, 1996)
- Masada: ZayinMasada: Zayin-Track listing:# "Shevet" – 7:58# "Hath-Arob" – 3:24# "Mahshav" – 6:16# "Shamor" – 5:09# "Bacharach" – 1:24# "Otoit" – 3:27# "Nevuah" – 8:22# "Kedem" – 9:55# "Zemer" – 2:14# "Evel" – 5:35# "Tekufah" – 6:59...
(DIW, 1996) with Masada - Masada: HetMasada: HetMasada: Het, also known as Masaday 8, is a 1997 album by American composer and saxophonist John Zorn released on the Japanese DIW label...
(DIW, 1997) with Masada - Masada: TetMasada: Tet- Track listing :# "Chayah" – 9:33# "Karet" – 1:56# "Moshav" – 6:50# "Leshem" – 4:36# "Kochot" – 5:15# "Meholalot" – 8:50# "Kedushah" – 6:18# "Ner Tamid" – 4:07# "Acharei Mot" – 9:04# "Jachin" – 5:37* Recorded at Avatar, New York City on April 21, 1997...
(DIW, 1997) with Masada - Masada: YodMasada: YodMasada: Yod, also known as Masada 10, is a 1998 album by American composer and saxophonist John Zorn released on the Japanese DIW label. It is the tenth album of Masada recordings.-Reception:...
(DIW, 1997) with Masada - Filmworks IV: S&M + MoreFilmworks IV: S&M + More-Track listing:# "Pueblo" - 9:04# "Elegant Spanking" - 14:22# "Credits Included" a.Politics, b.Asylum - 9:38# "Maogai" - 6:19# "A Lot of Fun for the Evil One" - 17:48...
(Tzadik, 1997) - New Traditions in East Asian Bar BandsNew Traditions in East Asian Bar BandsNew Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands is an album by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn consisting of improvised music from paired instruments and narration in Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.- Track listing :...
(Tzadik, 1997) - The Circle MakerThe Circle MakerThe Circle Maker is a double album by John Zorn featuring Zorn's Masada compositions performed by the Masada String Trio and the Bar Kokhba Sextet .- Track listing :* Disc One: Issachar...
(Tzadik, 1997) - Black BoxBlack Box (album)Black Box is a compilation album by John Zorn's band Naked City featuring Yamatsuka Eye on vocals. The album is a collection of the "hardcore miniatures" from Naked City and Grand Guignol that were originally released on Torture Garden in 1990 and the extended piece Leng Tch'e which was only...
(Tzadik, 1997) with Naked City - Taboo & ExileTaboo & ExileTaboo & Exile is an album by John Zorn which synthetizes exotica, hardcore punk, classical, jazz, surf and world narration into a new prodigious genre...
(Tzadik, 1999) - Live in Jerusalem 1994Live in Jerusalem 1994- Track listing :* Disc one# "Piram" - 9:52# "Bith Aneth" - 11:57# "Lachish" - 3:35# "Peliyot" - 7:11# "Hadasha" - 10:53# "Ravayah" - 3:35# "Zebdi" - 1:53# "Tirzah" - 8:07# "Hekhal" - 3:31* Disc two# "Kanah" - 6:12# "Shilhim" - 2:39...
(Tzadik, 1999) with Masada - Live in Taipei 1995Live in Taipei 1995Live in Taipei is a double live album by John Zorn's Masada recorded at the Crown Theatre in Taiwan's capital city Taipei.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Joclyn Layne awarded the album 3½ stars stating "With so many exceptional recordings available of the Masada quartet, this one may be...
(Tzadik, 1999) with Masada - Live in Middelheim 1999 (Tzadik, 1999) with Masada
- Live in Sevilla 2000Live in Sevilla 2000-Track listing:# "Ne’eman" – 13:00# "Katzatz" – 5:09# "Hadasha" – 11:11# "Beeroth" – 7:30# "Yoreh" – 10:09# "Hazor" – 6:47# "Nashon" – 10:11# "Lakom" – 5:24# "Bith Aneth" – 9:35*Recorded live in Seville, Spain on July 25, 2000-Personnel:...
(Tzadik, 2000) - The GiftThe Gift (John Zorn album)The Gift is an album by John Zorn released in 2001. It is the third volume of his Music Romance Series and described as an album "for lovers only".-Reception:...
(Tzadik, 2001) - Live at Tonic 2001Live at Tonic 2001- Track listing :* Disc one# "Intro" - 1:23# "Karaim" - 17:50# "Ner Tamid" - 5:07# "Acharei Mot" - 11:07# "Kisofim" - 7:12# "Jachin" - 6:30# "Malkhut" - 4:52# "Nashim" - 6:38* Disc two# "Intro" - 0:30# "Lilin" - 14:43# "Khebar" - 5:59...
(Tzadik, 2001) with Masada - Naked City Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989Naked City Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989Naked City Live is the only live album released by Naked City. All of these songs, with the exception of "Erotico", "the Way I Feel" and "Skate Key", were later recorded in the studio for the band's debut album.-Track listing:#"Batman" – 2:07...
(Tzadik, 2002) with Naked City - First Live 1993First Live 1993First Live 1993 is a live album by John Zorn's Masada documenting their premier live appearance at the Knitting Factory in September, 1993.-Reception:...
(Tzadik, 2002) with Masada - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 450th Birthday Celebration Volume 450th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 is a live album by Electric Masada documenting their performance at Tonic in September, 2003 as part of John Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Cyro Baptista– percussion...
(Tzadik, 2004) with Electric Masada - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 750th Birthday Celebration Volume 7- Track listing :*Recorded at Tonic in New York City in September 2003- Personnel :* John Zorn– saxophone* Dave Douglas– trumpet* Greg Cohen– bass* Joey Baron– drums...
(Tzadik, 2004) with Masada - Naked City: The Complete Studio RecordingsNaked City: The Complete Studio RecordingsNaked City: The Complete Studio Recordings is a five disc box set that contains all of the studio albums released by Naked City during their five year history....
(Tzadik, 2005) with Naked City - Electric Masada: At the Mountains of MadnessElectric Masada: At the Mountains of MadnessAt the Mountains of Madness is a 2005 double live album by American composer and saxophonist John Zorn's Electric Masada featuring performances recorded in Moscow and Ljubljana...
(Tzadik, 2005) with Electric Masada - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1150th Birthday Celebration Volume 11-Personnel:*Cyro Baptista – percussion*Joey Baron – drums*Greg Cohen – bass*Erik Friedlander – cello*Marc Ribot – guitar*Mark Feldman – violin*John Zorn – conductor...
(Tzadik, 2005) with Bar Kokhba Sextet - Sanhedrin 1994–1997 (Tzadik, 2005) with Masada
- Moonchild: Songs Without WordsMoonchild: Songs Without WordsMoonchild: Songs Without Words is an 2006 album by John Zorn featuring performances by Joey Baron, Mike Patton, and Trevor Dunn . It was inspired in part by Aleister Crowley, Antonin Artaud and Edgard Varèse...
(Tzadik, 2005) with Moonchild Trio - AstronomeAstronomeAstronome is an album by John Zorn featuring the "Moonchild Trio" of Joey Baron, Mike Patton and Trevor Dunn. It is the second album by the trio following Moonchild: Songs Without Words....
(Tzadik, 2006) with Moonchild Trio - Six Litanies for HeliogabalusSix Litanies for HeliogabalusSix Litanies for Heliogabalus is an album by John Zorn. It is the third album to feature the "Moonchild Trio" of Mike Patton, Joey Baron and Trevor Dunn, following Moonchild: Songs Without Words and Astronome and the first to feature additional performers...
(Tzadik, 2007) with Moonchild Trio - The CrucibleThe Crucible (John Zorn album)The Crucible is an album by John Zorn. It is the fourth album to feature the "Moonchild Trio" of Mike Patton, Joey Baron and Trevor Dunn, following Moonchild: Songs Without Words , Astronome and Six Litanies for Heliogabalus...
(Tzadik, 2008) with Moonchild Trio - Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10-Track listing:# Sother - 5:58# Dalquiel - 6:07# Zazel - 3:22# Gediel - 6:12# Rahal - 3:49# Zechriel - 7:54# Azbugah - 3:02# Mehalalel - 9:53# Quelamia - 4:59# Abdiel - 3:24-Personnel:*Cyro Baptista – percussion*Joey Baron – drums*Greg Cohen – bass...
(Tzadik, 2008) with Bar Kokhba Sextet - The DreamersThe Dreamers (album)-Track listing:# "Mow Mow" - 3:03# "Uluwati" - 3:37# "A Ride on Cottonfair" - 4:22# "Anulikwutsayl" - 9:02# "Toys" - 2:46# "Of Wonder and Certainty " - 4:30# "Mystic Circles" - 6:08# "Nekashim" - 3:56# "Exodus" - 7:02# "Forbidden Tears" - 3:07...
(Tzadik, 2008) with The Dreamers - Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12 is an album by the Masada Quintet featuring Joe Lovano performing compositions from John Zorn's Masada Book Two...
(Tzadik, 2009) with Masada Quintet - O'oO'oO'o is an album by John Zorn released in 2009. It is viewed as a sequel to his 2007 album The Dreamers and is the fifth album in his Music Romance series.-Track listing:# "Miller's Crake"# "Akialoa# "Po'o'uli"# "Little Bittern"...
(Tzadik, 2009) with The Dreamers - IpsissimusIpsissimusIpsissimus is an album by John Zorn. It is the fifth album to feature the "Moonchild Trio" of Mike Patton, Joey Baron and Trevor Dunn, following Astronome , Moonchild: Songs Without Words , Six Litanies for Heliogabalus and The Crucible .-Description from the label:Weaving sonic dramas around the...
(Tzadik, 2010) with Moonchild Trio
Filmography
- Step Across the BorderStep Across the BorderStep Across the Border is a 1990 avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith. It was written and directed by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel and released in Germany and Switzerland...
(RecRec, 1990) with Fred Frith - Masada Live at Tonic 1999Masada Live at Tonic 1999Masada Live at Tonic is a DVD of a live performance by John Zorn's Masada filmed at Tonic in the summer of 1999.-Track listing:# "Hath-Arob"# "Sippur"# "Jair"# "Ne'eman"# "Kedushah"# "Beeroth"# "Kochot"# "Shechem"# "Paran"-Personnel:...
(Tzadik, 2004) with Masada - A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John ZornA Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John ZornA Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn is a documentary film on avant garde composer and musician John Zorn directed by Claudia Heuermann. It features performances of a range of Zorn's music and includes appearances by Joey Baron, Greg Cohen, Dave Douglas, Fred Frith, Ikue Mori,...
(Tzadik, 2004) with Masada