Pool is an album by 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...

 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

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 an additional bonus track featuring a test recording of Archery

Archery (album)

Archery is an album by John Zorn featuring his early "game piece" composition of the same name. The album was first released on Parachute Records in 1982 and later released on Tzadik Records with additional rehearsal takes, , as a part of the The Parachute Years Box Set in 1997 and as a triple CD...

as part of the The Parachute Years Box Set in 1997 and as a single CD in 2000.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Joclyn Layne awarded the album 3 stars stating "Dedicated fans should check this out, as it is part of the early annals of Zorn. Listeners with less patience for music theory -- and Zorn skeptics -- should save Pool for later, because it will not win anyone over; nor will the compositional theories become more clear upon listening. Essentially, Pool has more historical value than listening interest".

Track listing

1. "Pool" - 50:45
2. "Archery (test and false start)" - 3:30

All compositions by John Zorn.

• Recorded at Sorcerer Sound Studio, New York City on March 1, 1980

Personnel

• Polly Bradfield
  Polly Bradfield
  Polly 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...
  
  : Violin
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• Mark E. Miller
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  : Percussion, Contact Microphone
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  s, Vibraphone
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• Charles K. Noyes: Percussion, Saw
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  , Knene
• Bob Ostertag
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  : Electronics
• John Zorn
  John Zorn
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  : Alto And Soprano Saxophone
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  s, Bb Clarinet
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  , Game Calls, E-flat Clarinet
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