John Zorn's Bagatelles

by John Zorn

John Zorn's Bagatelles cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 2021
  • Label: Tzadik
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:32:23
  • Community rating: 4.01/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Initiating a massive documentation of his 'Bagatelles' compositional series, John Zorn releases this sprawling multi-volume box set featuring numerous distinct ensembles. The project highlights an incredible range of avant-garde interpretations, moving rapidly between atonal acoustic chamber music, blistering free jazz, and chaotic noise rock, showcasing Zorn's unmatched compositional breadth. It operates as a monumental, deeply exhausting summary of his entire experimental philosophy.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, improvisation, complex, atonal, technical, instrumental, ensemble, improvisational, experimental, intricate, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Bagatelle #57 (4:46)
  2. Bagatelle #284 (5:24)
  3. Bagatelle #67 (3:00)
  4. Bagatelle #33 (5:19)
  5. Bagatelle #162 (3:37)
  6. Bagatelle #108 (3:25)
  7. Bagatelle #165 (3:15)
  8. Bagatelle #82 (4:58)
  9. Bagatelle #103 (4:13)
  10. Bagatelle #46 (2:00)
  11. Bagatelle #163 (2:43)
  12. Bagatelle #27 (4:52)
  13. Bagatelle #203 (3:11)
  14. Bagatelle #65 (5:38)
  15. Bagatelle #206 (1:57)
  16. Bagatelle #43 (5:11)
  17. Bagatelle #16 (3:35)
  18. Bagatelle #221 (4:33)
  19. Bagatelle #37 (2:25)
  20. Bagatelle #272 (1:54)
  21. Bagatelle #260 (2:15)
  22. Bagatelle #58 (3:00)
  23. Bagatelle #9 (3:52)
  24. Bagatelle #31 (2:14)
  25. Bagatelle #49 (2:25)
  26. Bagatelle #293 (2:21)
  27. Bagatelle #211 (3:47)
  28. Bagatelle #20 (2:21)
  29. Bagatelle #294 (1:48)
  30. Bagatelle #17 (2:52)
  31. Bagatelle #4 (2:15)
  32. Bagatelle #220 (2:45)
  33. Bagatelle #14 (2:42)
  34. Bagatelle #230 (2:53)
  35. Bagatelle #144 (2:12)
  36. Bagatelle #200 (4:19)
  37. Bagatelle #85 (2:07)
  38. Bagatelle #258 (2:09)
  39. Bagatelle #195 (2:58)
  40. Bagatelle #244 (2:59)
  41. Bagatelle #147 (1:27)
  42. Bagatelle #109 (2:54)
  43. Bagatelle #107 (4:13)
  44. Bagatelle #79 (3:45)
  45. Bagatelle #192 (2:46)
  46. Bagatelle #178 (2:54)
  47. Bagatelle #218 (4:14)

Credits

  • Drew Gress - bass
  • Simon Sheldon Hanes - bass
  • Michael Nicolas - cello
  • Aaron Edgcomb - drums
  • Tomas Fujiwara - drums
  • Miles Okazaki - guitar
  • Will Greene - guitar

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