Archery
by John Zorn
- Type: Album
- Released: 1981
- Label: Parachute
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:28:05
- Community rating: 3.88/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
One of John Zorn's earliest and most ambitious 'game pieces', 'Archery' relies on a complex system of rules and cues to guide spontaneous group improvisation. The sprawling triple-LP set features a large ensemble of downtown New York avant-garde musicians navigating chaotic, rapid-fire shifts in texture and dynamics.
Genres
Descriptors: Avant Garde, improvisation, atonal, avant-garde, dissonant, sports, experimental, long-form
Tracklist
Credits
- John Zorn - primary artist, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet [bb, eb], voice [game calls]
- Tom Cora - cello
- David Moss - drums, voice, featuring [wood, water, metal pieces, pods, bertoia, mylar], cymbal [cymbals], steel drums [steel drum], zither, dulcimer [hammered dulcimer], effects [sound sculptures], toy [toys]
- Bill Laswell - electric bass [4 string fender, 6 string fender]
- Mark Smith - featuring [prompter]
- Robert Dick - flute, bass flute, piccolo flute [piccolo], voice [game calls]
- Bill Horvitz - guitar
- Eugene Chadbourne - guitar, acoustic guitar [gibson], effects [champ & traynor amps, personal effects]